title: [Malignant neuroleptic syndrome or serotonergic syndrome].
abstract: The malignant neuroleptica syndrome (MNS) and the serotonin syndrome (SS) can be impossible to differentiate. This case history describes clinical symptoms compatible with either MNS or SS in a 59-year-old schizophrenic male patient, who had been heavily medicated with antipsychotics for several years in close relation to initiation of new treatment with a SSRI compound. The case shows that it is important to have both syndromes in mind when chronically ill patients are treated with several medicaments.
authors.affiliation: H:S Bispebjerg Hospital, psykiatrisk afdeling E.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: B Y
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Glenthøj
mesh_terms: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009459:Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020230:Serotonin Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
vernacular_title: Malignt neuroleptikasyndrom eller serotonergt syndrom.