Zoophilic behavior in a patient with posterior cerebral arterial aneurysm

Abstract

This paper presents a clinical co-morbidity between a cerebral arterial aneurysm and a zoophilic behavior. This association has not been previously described before in the literature cited by PubMed.
A 42-years old patient, without previous medical history, presented at the hospital with quite sudden onset of zoophilic behavior, disorientation and altered consciousness, was investigated and diagnosed with an aneurysm in the posterior cerebral artery.
The case is unique due to the uncommon psychiatric presentation (zoophilic behavior), and its organic substrate: the presence of posterior cerebral arterial aneurysm with interpeduncular location