Computed tomographic findings in XXXX : relation with symptom dimensions and sex differences.

@entity1 @entity1010 @entity161 @entity194
OBJECTIVE: Loss of grey matter, a consistent finding in @entity161 , is likely to be influenced by symptom heterogeneity and sex. This study was conducted to determine the extent and region of @entity1010 in @entity161 and its relation to symptom syndromes and to @entity1 sex. DESIGN: Prospective study of consecutive @entity1 . SETTING: Psychiatric department of a general teaching hospital. @entity1 : Sixty-one consecutive @entity1 (37 @entity1 and 24 @entity1 ) admitted to hospital for acute exacerbation of @entity161 , as diagnosed according to the DSM third edition, revised. INTERVENTIONS: Computed tomographic examination of the head. OUTCOME MEASURES: Diffuse @entity194 and @entity194 in the frontal and temporal regions and the sylvian fissure were rated using the CT Rating Scale for @entity161 . Ratings were contrasted between male and female subjects; relations between @entity194 ratings and 3 symptom dimensions of @entity161 were examined for male and female subjects separately. RESULTS: Widening of the sylvian fissure was positively related to psychomotor poverty (r = 0.32, p < 0.01). There was a significantly stronger relation between @entity194 and reality distortion in female than in male subjects. There was no sex difference in the @entity194 rating in all regions of the brain, and this lack of sex difference was not related to age of onset, length of illness or age at the time of the CT scan. CONCLUSION: The morphological changes in the brain on CT are no greater in @entity1 than in @entity1 with @entity161 . Different mechanisms may be involved in producing reality distortion symptoms in @entity1 and @entity1 .
