title: Catatonia induced by idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis.
abstract: We describe the case of a 63-year-old woman with catatonia induced by idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis (IHP). The patient was treated for IHP with prednisolone for approximately 1 year. When she presented with catatonia, no significant changes could be detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compared with the previous imaging results; electroencephalography (EEG) revealed a delta-wave focus over the left frontotemporal region. High-dose steroid therapy was effective in resolving the catatonic symptomatology and EEG abnormality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai 980-8574, Japan. itof-psy@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Fumiaki
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Naohiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Setsu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: Kazumasa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Awata
authors.forename: Hiroo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002389:Catatonia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011239:Prednisolone