Catatonia: Development of a Neuropsychiatric Entanglement through a Clinical Case
| Autor: | M. Chtibi, I. Hanine, S. Belbachir, A. Ouanass |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences. 10:1805-1808 |
| ISSN: | 2320-6691 2347-954X |
| DOI: | 10.36347/sjams.2022.v10i10.039 |
| Popis: | Catatonia is a transnosographic and potentially fatal syndrome, most often associated with mood disorders or schizophrenia, but can also develop in autistic disorders, dementia, as well as in general medical conditions such as epilepsy, autoimmune encephalitis, hypercalcemia, hepatic encephalopathy, or diabetic ketoacidosis. The work we present is based on a clinical case of a patient with schizophrenia presenting a catatonic syndrome, of which a neurological cause was first evoked but after clinical investigations the diagnosis of schizophrenia was retained and currently the patient is stabilized on Clozapine. It is imperative to recognize a catatonic syndrome in order to treat it quickly, as some of the etiologies that cause this syndrome and the consequences of the syndrome itself can be life- threatening. |
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