The case of a woman presenting erotomania in the course of a loss-related depressive state is described. Clinical, biological and therapeutical characteristics highlight the role of mood in certain cases of erotomania and add support to previous accounts of the heterogeneity of this syndrome.

We report a case of erotomania with onset coinciding with a cerebrovascular accident in a 65-year-old woman. She believed Dick Haymes, a famous singer and actor who died in 1980 was in love with her, visited her and wanted to have sex with her. It is argued that the erotomania stemmed from an interaction between the frontotemporal impairment due to the cerebrovascular accident and personality factors.

A patient presenting with co-existent Capgras and deClerambault's syndromes, with a history of morbid jealousy is described. This combination of syndromes has not previously been described. The relevant literature to this case is reviewed, in relation to the onset of these syndromes, aetiology and treatment. Abnormalities in pathways involving recognition of familiar faces have been implicated in a number of similar cases.