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- Title
Diogenes syndrome causing life-threatening complications of Paget's disease.
- Authors
Sami, Musa; Tucker, James; Norris, Karin; Townsend, Giles; Odemuyiwa, Olusola
- Abstract
This article describes the case of an 83-year-old woman with a benign history of Paget's disease who was admitted to an old age psychiatric unit in UK in a state of neglect and with pulmonary oedema. Topics discussed include how her reputation as something of a recluse and eccentric was shaped, the symptoms the patient has upon admission including loud ejection systolic murmur and widespread crackles in the chest, and how the woman was treated for her medical and psychiatric condition. INSET: Case Report.
- Subjects
CHEST X rays; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ACCIDENTAL falls; CARDIAC hypertrophy; OSTEITIS deformans; PULMONARY edema; DIOGENES syndrome; DISEASE complications
- Publication
British Journal of Hospital Medicine (17508460), 2014, Vol 75, Issue 8, p470
- ISSN
1750-8460
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.12968/hmed.2014.75.8.470