lewy body disease/fever

A 65-year-old Japanese woman with Parkinson's disease, later diagnosed with Lewy body disease, presented with a 2-day history of systemic tremors. She also had fever without rigidity or creatine kinase (CK) elevation. She was diagnosed with sepsis caused by pyelonephritis with acute kidney injury

A 76-year-old man with parkinsonism and dementia was reported. He developed resting tremor at age 69 followed by hypokinesia, rigidity and small step gait. L-dopa ameliorated his symptoms with no hallucinations for the initial 5 years. His mental level did not decrease during that period. He was

OBJECTIVE To report a case of recurrent clozapine-induced fever that was associated with a rise in C-reactive protein (CRP). METHODS A 73-year-old man with Lewy Body dementia was admitted for psychosis. He was treated with clozapine (initial dose 12.5 mg/day, titrated to 75 mg/day over 15 days). On

A 78-year-old woman was transferred to our hospital for clouded consciousness and a high fever. She had been diagnosed with Parkinsonian syndrome, which was controlled with amantadine. Hallucination appeared a week prior to the transfer and she was treated with haloperidol. Suspecting neuroleptic

We report an 81-year-old woman who presented with motor disturbance in her right hand which was followed by parkinsonism, dementia, and supranuclear gaze palsy. She was well until her age of 73 (1989) when she had an onset of difficulty in using her right hand; she did not have weakness. She also

BACKGROUND This case report intends to highlight the importance of safeguarding renal function from rhabdomyolysis in neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) by concomitant administration of parenteral fluids at a high rate together with high doses of parenteral loop diuretics (we utilised 6 mg

We report a 74-year-old woman with parkinsonism and dementia, who died 4 years after the onset of the disease. She was well until 70 years of the age (1993) when she noted slowness in the movement in her left hand. She also developed gait disturbance and the similar symptoms spread to the right

The Dutch Association of Psychiatry, together with the Dutch Association of Clinical Geriatrics and with methodological support from the Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement (CBO) has developed a guideline for the optimal diagnosis, treatment and prevention of delirium. Delirium is caused by