ECT administration to a hyperthyroid patient.
There are few reported convincing cases of hyperthyroid depressed patients receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). We describe a depressed 66-year-old woman with catatonic depression diagnosed with new-onset hyperthyroidism due to Grave's disease. After commencing propylthiouracil, her Grave's disease was partially treated, but her depression was no better. She subsequently received a course of seven ECT with resolution of her depression and no adverse sequelae.
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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Bowman-Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem 27157, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D013956:Antithyroid Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002389:Catatonia / Q000628:therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D011441:Propylthiouracil / Q000627:therapeutic use
D013956:Antithyroid Agents; D011441:Propylthiouracil