title: Electroconvulsive therapy in a pediatric patient with malignant catatonia and paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis.
abstract: Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis is a rare disorder that can cause memory loss, confusion, personality change, cognitive dysfunction, and psychosis. We present a case of an 11-year-old girl who was successfully treated with electroconvulsive therapy for a catatonic state associated with paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis caused by an ovarian teratoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Glick
authors.forename: Stephen H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Dinwiddie
mesh_terms: D002389:Catatonia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020363:Limbic Encephalitis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications