Successful Management of Patient with Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia and Swyer-James-Macleod Syndrome with Clozapine.
Swyer-James-Macleod syndrome (SJMS) is a rare disorder characterized by infective bronchiolitis. It typically presents with a history of recurrent chest infections during childhood. Cardinal sign of the disease includes the hyperlucency of the lung fields. Till date, only a few cases have been reported of this syndrome. We report a very unusual case of SJMS along with comorbid schizophrenia in a 20-year-old female and the successful management using clozapine.
Department of Psychiatry, All Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Arpit
A
Parmar
Department of Psychiatry, All Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Rajeev
R
Ranjan
Department of Psychiatry, All Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Rajesh
R
Sagar
Clozapine; Swyer–James–Macleod syndrome; treatment-resistant schizophrenia