title: Lithium intoxication secondary to unrecognized pontine haemorrhage.
abstract: Lithium prophylaxis carries a substantial risk of medical complications, especially in the case of concomitant medical conditions. We describe a patient with unrecognized cerebrovascular haemorrhage, admitted to hospital due to lithium intoxication.
authors.affiliation: University Psychiatric Hospital, Studenec 48, SI-1260 Ljubljana-Polje, Slovenia.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Novak-Grubic
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tavcar
mesh_terms: D018692:Antimanic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000097:blood; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011149:Pons / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D018692:Antimanic Agents; D008094:Lithium