title: Case study: effectiveness of plasma exchange in an adolescent with systemic lupus erythematosus and catatonia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Perisse
authors.forename: Zahir
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Amoura
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saintigny
authors.forename: Fatiha
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mekhloufi
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mazet
authors.forename: Jean-Charles
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Piette
mesh_terms: 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