Case study: effectiveness of plasma exchange in an adolescent with systemic lupus erythematosus and catatonia.
Catatonia is a rare but severe condition in adolescents that can be associated with both psychiatric and organic causes. The present report notes that systemic lupus erythematosus should be considered among possible causes of catatonia and shows that plasma exchange could be an efficient treatment option for such neuropsychiatric manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus, to avoid the use of electroconvulsive therapy in young patients.
Perisse
Didier
D
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Groupe-Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47 bd de l'Hôpital, 75013, Paris, France. david.cohen@psl.ap-hop-paris.fr
Amoura
Zahir
Z
Cohen
David
D
Saintigny
Pierre
P
Mekhloufi
Fatiha
F
Mazet
Philippe
P
Piette
Jean-Charles
JC
D000293:Adolescent; D002389:Catatonia / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D010951:Plasma Exchange / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome