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Case Reports
. 2007 Jan-Feb;29(1):69-71.
doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.10.003.

Pregnancy and malignant catatonia

Mariana Espínola-Nadurille  1 , Jesus Ramírez-Bermúdez, Gregory L Fricchione
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Pregnancy and malignant catatonia

Mariana Espínola-Nadurille et al. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2007 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

The occurrence of malignant catatonia in pregnancy is a psychiatric emergency. In this article, we present the case of a pregnant woman with a first psychotic episode with catatonic features, autonomic abnormalities and elevated creatinine phosphokinase levels in the context of a severe adverse reaction to antipsychotic pharmacotherapy who had good responses to electroconvulsive therapy and lorazepam.

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