Pregnancy and malignant catatonia.
The occurrence of malignant catatonia in pregnancy is a psychiatric emergency. In this article, we present the case of a pregnant woman with a first psychotic episode with catatonic features, autonomic abnormalities and elevated creatinine phosphokinase levels in the context of a severe adverse reaction to antipsychotic pharmacotherapy who had good responses to electroconvulsive therapy and lorazepam.
Espínola-Nadurille
Mariana
M
Neuropsychiatry Unit, National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Mexico City 14269, Mexico. menadu2002@yahoo.com.mx
Ramírez-Bermúdez
Jesus
J
Fricchione
Gregory L
GL
D000328:Adult; D002389:Catatonia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D018757:GABA Modulators / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008140:Lorazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*
D018757:GABA Modulators; D008140:Lorazepam