Increased anxiety and emotional lability in a patient with SDHB gene mutation paraganglioma: a call to multidisciplinary approach

We describe a patient with SDHB gene mutation, who has been diagnosed with a jugular paraganglioma, and was brought to the hospital under Baker Act for threats made online. Since diagnosis this patient has been experiencing both anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The patient and a family member report increased emotional lability, and the patient reports multiple daily episodes of anxiousness. This case outlines the connection between paragangliomas and psychiatric symptoms, the impact they can have on patients ’ daily lives, and the importance of addressing the possibility of these symptoms and establishing a multispecialty healthcare team at the time of diagnosis.
Source: Endocrine - Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research