| Title | Uneventful Electroconvulsive Therapy in a Patient With Dopa-Responsive Dystonia (Segawa Syndrome). | | Author(s) | Sienaert P, Rooseleer J, Peuskens J | | Institution | *ECT Department and Department of Mood Disorders, University Psychiatric Center - Catholic University of Leuven, Campus Kortenberg, Kortenberg, Belgium; daggerCatholic University of Leuven; and double daggerUniversity Psychiatric Center - Catholic University of Leuven, Campus Kortenberg, Kortenberg, Belgium. | | Source | J ECT 2009 May 13. | | Abstract | BACKGROUND:: The Segawa syndrome is an autosomal dominant form of guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase deficiency, resulting in decreased dopamine and serotonin levels, typically presenting as a dopa-responsive dystonia.
METHOD:: Case presentation of a 56-year-old man with dopa-responsive dystonia, treated with electroconvulsive therapy for a psychotic depression.
RESULTS:: Scores on the Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology dropped from 35 before treatment to 3 after the eighth treatment session. Etomidate and succinylcholine were used as anesthetics. Apart from 2 sessions with postictal agitation, the course of electroconvulsive therapy was finished uneventfully. Electroconvulsive therapy and anesthesia had no untoward effects on motor function.
CONCLUSIONS:: Electroconvulsive therapy can be administered safely and effectively in a patient with dopa-responsive dystonia (Segawa syndrome). | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19444136 |
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