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A 22-year-old woman went through a period with a labile mood that first turned into psychotic hyperactivity and was then followed by hyperthermia and exhaustion. This was accompanied by diminished consciousness, sinus arrhythmia and respiratory insufficiency. With a working diagnosis of 'lethal
Malignant Hyperthermia (MH), Lethal Catatonia (LC), and Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS) are known as rare potential lethal diseases. MH and NMS--both being drug-induced--have in common some main symptoms. LC and NMS, on the other hand, are hardly distinguishable by clinical means. After
We report a case of 20 Years old girl who presented with catatonia resulting from cerebral lupus. There are few cases of catatonia being described in Systemic Lupus Erythmatoses (SLE). The patient presented to us with fever and altered sensorium. She was initially treated on lines of Acute Bacterial
Although neurological manifestations of typhoid fever was thought to be obsolete from modern world, emergence of multidrug resistant typhoid bacilli and reporting of outbreak of typhoid fever with a range of early neuropsychiatric manifestations from various parts of world has led clinicians and
A woman in her 60s with a history of hepatitis C with cirrhosis and major depressive disorder with psychotic features was admitted to the inpatient psychiatric unit for suicidal ideation. She was initially treated with a combination of sertraline and paliperidone. The paliperidone was subsequently
In a patient with near-lethal catatonia, complications progressed from mild fever and tachycardia to severe hyperthermia, malignant hypertension, and cortical and subcortical dysfunction with increased urine cortisol and catecholamine concentrations, bilateral extensor toe reflexes, decerebrate
Catatonia is a motor syndrome associated with disorders in behavior. Malignant catatonia (MC) is the form of acute catatonia dominated by fever and autonomic instability that may be fatal if inadequately treated. We present a case of MC complicated by respiratory failure in a patient with previously
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Catatonia is an underdiagnosed syndrome that may occur in severely ill patients. The malignant subtype, consisting of motor symptoms, autonomic instability and fever, is associated with high mortality rates, though exact current mortality rates are unknown. This subtype requires a fast