Abstract
We report two cases of young women with psychogenic gait disturbance. Case 1 was a 25-year-old female who was difficult to take the first step forward at start for 5 years.Case 2 was a 14-year-old female who attempted suicide by taking high doses of sleeping drugs and showed astasia-abasia after recovery from comatose state. These two cases showed a discrepancy between neurological findings and neuroanatomical examinations.Both psychological and social backgrounds were significantly positive in each case.Whenever discrepancies were found between neurological findings and neuroanatomical standpoints, we postulate that psychosomatic consideration is essential prior to a neuroradiological approach or laboratory examinations.
