Abstract
The misdiagnosis of somatic illness in the psychiatric population can have grave consequences. Somatic symptoms are easily overseen or misinterpreted and a careful history and examination is essential when approaching this group of patients. We report a case of a patient with a history of paranoid schizophrenia, who had her somatic symptoms misinterpreted as being of psychiatric origin. This misinterpretation gave rise to an admission to a psychiatric ward of a patient who actually presented with an unstable spinal fracture.
| Bidragets oversatte titel | Paranoid schizophrenic patient with unstable spinal fracture |
|---|---|
| Originalsprog | Dansk |
| Tidsskrift | Ugeskrift for Laeger |
| Vol/bind | 174 |
| Udgave nummer | 10 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 650-1 |
| Antal sider | 2 |
| ISSN | 0041-5782 |
| Status | Udgivet - 2012 |
Emneord
- Commitment of Mentally Ill
- Diagnostic Errors
- Female
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Middle Aged
- Schizophrenia, Paranoid
- Spinal Cord Compression
- Spinal Fractures