Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Queissner, R; Wurm, W; Ebner, C; Reininghaus, E; Kapfhammer, HP.
[Remission of a complex periodic catatonic syndrome under electroconvulsive therapy].
Neuropsychiatr. 2019; 33(1):46-49
Doi: 10.1007/s40211-018-0289-7
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- Führende Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Queissner Robert
- Co-Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Ebner Christoph
- Kapfhammer Hans-Peter
- Reininghaus Eva
- Wurm Walter Ernst
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- This article is reporting about a spontaneous occurred catatonic syndrome in a 52 years old female patients with no prior psychiatric illness record. The catatonia followed a severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms. At the beginning additionally to the catatonic-symptoms severe disorientation and memory disturbances were prominent in a way it can be seen in neurodegenerative diseases like Lewy-Body-Dementia and Creutzfeldt-Jacob-Disease. The patient didn't respond on any medication or showed severe side-effects which led to discontinue the medication. After applying widespread somatic diagnostics, which has excluded a neurodegenerative disease a electroconvulsive therapy was applied. During this treatment the patient showed a recurrence of her catatonic symptoms but they remitted if there was a too long period between the convulsive treatments. After establishing a sufficient period between the convulsive treatments the symptoms remitted totally.
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