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Catatonia, neuroleptics and brain damage - a case report. Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) [J Psychopharmacol] Journal article

 
Chandran M, El-Shazly M 
Catatonia, neuroleptics and brain damage - a case report. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
J Psychopharmacol 2008 Jun 18.


Abstract Catatonia is a syndrome that encompasses multiple motor signs. It can be the only presenting clinical feature in a patient with underlying multiple neuropsychiatric syndromes. The authors present a case of amisulpiride-induced catatonia, further evaluation suggested neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) and showed the occurrence of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and underlying brain pathology with marked frontoparietal atrophy and periventricular white matter hyperintensities. The pathological substrate of catatonia and its complex association with neuropsychiatric syndromes are discussed.



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