Is He Really Cheating? Woman's Paranoia About Husband Cheating Had an Unusual Cause

A Turkish woman is convinced that her husband of 20 years was cheating on her even though she didn't have any proof to confirm that. Doctors said that a cyst in her brain is what's causing the suspicion.

The patient, who chose to remain unknown suddenly questioned her husband's fidelity and started looking through his phone and personal belongings. The suspicion started after she received a call from her daughter's school and found out that her daughter was doing poorly in her academics. She couldn't accept the fact that her daughter, whom she believes was always an average, if not excellent student, might fail and be forced to change school.

Medical Daily stated that the call from her daughter's school changed her behavior. She suddenly has trouble sleeping and became anxious and irritable. She started thinking about her "adequate" marriage and thought that it could also fail, just like what happened to her daughter's academics. This led researchers at Uskudar University in Istanbul to probe on the woman's condition further.

"The patient had no previous psychiatric or neurological history. She had no drug and no family psychiatric history," wrote the authors, noting as well her anxiety and suspicions, the paranoid delusions she had about her family. After performing a series of tests on her, doctors found that the patient has anemia, but had normal physical symptoms. Her electroencephalogram (EEG) and electrocardiogram (ECG) also showed no problems.

Finally, after the doctors conducted a brain scan on the patient, the MRI detected a porencephalic cyst on the frontal lobe of the woman's brain. Porencephaly is a rare disorder of the central nervous system and involves a cyst or a cavity filled with cerebrospinal fluid in the brain's parenchyma. Her doctors said that these types of cyst are very rare and are typically diagnosed in infants before their first birthday, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Daily Mail reported.

The team believes that surgery was not an option for the woman - who was instead treated with drugs. 'A problem with her daughter changing schools because of poor educational performance was the only triggering event and her symptoms started by then," her doctor said.

Dr. Onur Cemal Noyan, who is the doctor in charge of the patient, said that the he saw the patient last month, and that she was doing alright, Livescience stated. "She currently has no symptoms of psychosis and probably will not experience any psychotic attacks in the future," he ended.