title: Catatonic stupor superimposed on hereditary spinocerebellar degeneration resolved with electroconvulsive therapy.
abstract: We report a 58-year-old woman with catatonic stupor superimposed on hereditary spinocerebellar degeneration (SCD) and psychotic depression. The catatonia and psychotic depression resolved with 11 sessions of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Early recognition of catatonia during the course of SCD is important for timely administration of ECT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Hospital, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Sendai 980-8574, Japan. kazumasa-tohoku@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kazumasa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Kae
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Itou
authors.forename: Takehisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Nobuhiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Awata
authors.forename: Hiroo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
mesh_terms: D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000150:complications; D002389:Catatonia / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D003128:Coma / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013132:Spinocerebellar Degenerations / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology