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-  2018 

Catch Smells That Arena??t There: A Case Report

Keywords: Huntingtona??s disease, Olfactory hallucination, Mild cognitive impairment, Psychotic symptom, list of open access journals, open access, open access journals, open access publication, open access publisher, open access publishing, open access journal articles, imedpub, imedpub publishing, insight medical publishing, imedpub online

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This case report is related from a 54 years old woman who presented with a 1,5-month history of unpleasant smell senses. According to her complaints, her life has been changed due to unpleasant smells. In the examination of mental condition, her attitude has been partial harmonious, speech has been preservative, the affect has been apathetic and irritable, attention deficit, she has had hallucinations on smell milk and animal, had thoughts on self-harming due to her smell, marching ataxia and coreiform movements have been present. The patient’s family revealed that she has had a previous diagnosis of Huntington’s disease; there has been also a family history. The patient has been admitted to the psychiatric inpatient unit. After 25 days of hospitalization, the amount of hallucinations has decreased considerably. Treatment has been regulated and as pimozide 2 mg, sertraline 50 mg and olanzapine 15 mg.

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