title: Protracted delirium with Sheehan's syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Delirium is a common problem, but often misdiagnosed and unidentified. Apart from the manifold clinical picture variable durations can also be an obstacle for its diagnosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a case of protracted delirium that has developed after severe somatic illness in association with previously undiagnosed Sheehan's syndrome.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The variety of psychiatric symptoms with initial psychotic disorder and the long run of the disease delayed the diagnosis of delirium and meantime gave reason to assume personality change.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case report calls attention to the possibility of protracted delirium in patients with neuropsychiatric deficit symptoms that persist subsequent to somatic illness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Maximilian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gahr
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Sigrun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hügl
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Freudenmann