title: Spasmodic torticollis associated with sertraline in a child and an adolescent.
abstract: Movement disorders or extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) associated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been reported. Although akathisia was found to be the most common EPS, and fluoxetine was implicated in the majority of the adverse reactions, there were also cases with EPS due to sertraline treatment. We present a child and an adolescent who developed torticollis (cervical dystonia) after using sertraline. To our knowledge, the child case is the first such report of sertraline-induced torticollis, and the adolescent case is the third in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Outpatient Clinic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Edirne State Hospital, Edirne, Turkey. drhasan33@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Hamza
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ayaydın
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bozkurt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001712:Biperiden / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020280:Sertraline / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014103:Torticollis / Q000139:chemically induced*
chemical_list: D001712:Biperiden; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors; D020280:Sertraline