Functional neurological disorders can have different clinical manifestations,including coma,in the setting of an unknown etiology.In this article,we present a case of a young man affected by intellectual disabilities ...Functional neurological disorders can have different clinical manifestations,including coma,in the setting of an unknown etiology.In this article,we present a case of a young man affected by intellectual disabilities who,after a physical assault reported serious neurological alterations and a functional coma.This case shows how a stressful psychophysical event can bring acute and variable neurological manifestations of functional significance to a victim with previous intellectual disabilities.Despite the growing interest in this field,research is still very limited and studies in this field could better explain the nature of the psychogenic coma.From a medico-legal point of view,problems of evaluation may emerge for these disorders emerge as a result of acute psycho-physical stress and without any detectable structural alterations.展开更多
文摘Functional neurological disorders can have different clinical manifestations,including coma,in the setting of an unknown etiology.In this article,we present a case of a young man affected by intellectual disabilities who,after a physical assault reported serious neurological alterations and a functional coma.This case shows how a stressful psychophysical event can bring acute and variable neurological manifestations of functional significance to a victim with previous intellectual disabilities.Despite the growing interest in this field,research is still very limited and studies in this field could better explain the nature of the psychogenic coma.From a medico-legal point of view,problems of evaluation may emerge for these disorders emerge as a result of acute psycho-physical stress and without any detectable structural alterations.
