Case report of a young girl with persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous and psychosis

• Main Authors: Wong, Daniel Teck Lung, Masiran, Ruziana, Wan Ismail, Wan Salwina
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69565/1/2019060311410424_MJMHS_June_2019.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69565/; https://medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2019060311410424_MJMHS_June_2019.pdf

Childhood- and adolescent-onset schizophrenia are rare. Along with positive, negative, affective and cognitive symptoms, eye-tracking dysfunction characterized by a disturbance in the smooth pursuit system has been the only associated visual impairment found in schizophrenia. This case report highlights a case of a child with persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous who had gradual onset of psychosis over two years duration. A final diagnosis of schizophrenia was considered and she was started on antipsychotics, to which she showed gradual response with mild extrapyramidal side effects.