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Geller syndrome: symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Last reviewed: 18.10.2021
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Geller syndrome (synonyms: other disintegrative disorders of childhood, pediatric dementia, disintegrative psychosis) is a rapidly progressive dementia in young children (after a period of normal development) with the loss of previously acquired skills, a violation of social, communicative and behavioral functioning.
ICD-10 code
F84.3 Other disintegrative disorder of childhood.
Epidemiology
Accurate data on prevalence are absent. Etiology and pathogenesis are unknown. There is an assumption that the disease causes a filtering virus.
Symptoms of Geller's syndrome
Up to 2-3 years, children have normal development; Later, during 5-12 months, loss of previously acquired skills occurs, speech is broken, regression in the game level and adaptive behavior is noted, and bowel and bladder function control is often lost. This is accompanied by a violation of social functioning, more typical of child autism than intellectual decline. Interest in the environment, communication with people is absent, repeated stereotypical actions are typical. The period of progredient flow is replaced by the state of the plateau with a subsequent slight improvement.
Treatment of Geller's syndrome is symptomatic.
The outlook is unfavorable.
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