title: Sporadic encephalitis lethargica: a case treated successfully with ECT.
abstract: A patient who presented with seizures, opisthotonos, catatonia, and autonomic dysfunction developed features consistent with sporadic encephalitis lethargica. She received a course of ECT and had full recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, USA.
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Dekleva
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Husain
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002389:Catatonia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D004671:Encephalitis, Arbovirus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D009459:Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy