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      Catatonia due to systemic lupus erythematosus Translated title: Catatonia secundária a lúpus eritematoso sistêmico

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          Objectives Discuss neuropsychiatric aspects and differential diagnosis of catatonic syndrome secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a pediatric patient. Methods Single case report. Result A 13-year-old male, after two months diagnosed with SLE, started to present psychotic symptoms (behavioral changes, hallucinations and delusions) that evolved into intense catatonia. During hospitalization, neuroimaging, biochemical and serological tests for differential diagnosis with metabolic encephalopathy, neurological tumors and neuroinfections, among other tests, were performed. The possibility of neuroleptic malignant syndrome, steroid-induced psychosis and catatonia was also evaluated. A complete reversal of catatonia was achieved after using benzodiazepines in high doses, associated with immunosuppressive therapy for lupus, which speaks in favor of catatonia secondary to autoimmune encephalitis due to lupus. Conclusion Although catatonia rarely is the initial clinical presentation of SLE, the delay in recognizing the syndrome can be risky, having a negative impact on prognosis. Benzodiazepines have an important role in the catatonia resolution, especially when associated with parallel specific organic base cause treatment. The use of neuroleptics should be avoided for the duration of the catatonic syndrome as it may cause clinical deterioration.

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          Objetivos Discutir aspectos neuropsiquiátricos e o diagnóstico diferencial da síndrome catatônica secundária a lúpus eritematoso sistêmico (LES) em paciente pediátrico. Métodos Relato de caso individual. Resultado Adolescente do sexo masculino com 13 anos de idade iniciou, após dois meses de diagnosticado com LES, quadro psicótico (alterações comportamentais, alucinações e delírios) que evoluiu para franca catatonia. Durante internação hospitalar foram realizados, entre outros, exames de neuroimagem, bioquímicos e sorologias para diagnóstico diferencial com encefalopatia metabólica, tumores neurológicos e neuroinfecções. Foi avaliada também a possibilidade de síndrome neuroléptica maligna, psicose e catatonia induzida por corticoides. Houve reversão completa da catatonia após o uso de benzodiazepínico em altas doses associado à terapia imunossupressora para o lúpus, o que fala a favor de uma catatonia secundária a uma encefalite autoimune de base lúpica. Conclusão Apesar de a catatonia ser raramente apresentação clínica inicial do LES, o atraso no reconhecimento da síndrome pode ser arriscado, tendo impacto negativo no prognóstico. Os benzodiazepínicos têm papel importante na resolução da catatonia, principalmente quando associada ao tratamento específico em paralelo para a causa orgânica de base. O uso de neurolépticos deve ser evitado durante a vigência da síndrome catatônica, podendo agravar o quadro clínico.

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            Medical and developmental risk factors of catatonia in children and adolescents: a prospective case-control study.

            Rare diseases have been associated with more and more genetic and non genetic causes and risk factors. But this has not been systematically assessed in catatonia, one of the psychiatric syndromes, that is most frequently associated with medical condition. We sought to assess the medical and developmental risk factors of catatonia in children and adolescents. From 1993 to 2009, 58 youths aged 10 to 18 years were prospectively admitted for catatonia and were followed up after discharge. A multidisciplinary approach assessed patients' medical condition and developmental history. A causality assessment scored medical risk (maximum score=10; κ=0.91). We compared the prevalence of catatonia in these patients to that of 80 inpatients with bipolar I disorder admitted from 1993 to 2003 who were also followed up. We found that 13 (22.4%) patients had medical conditions and 18 (31%) had a history of developmental disorder in the catatonia group, whereas 1 (1.3%) and 17 (22.6%) patients had the same conditions in the bipolar group (p<0.001; p=0.17, respectively). Medical conditions associated with catatonia included auto-immune encephalitis (systemic lupus erythematosus [N=3] and anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis [N=1]), seizures (N=1), ciclosporin encephalitis (N=1), post hypoglycaemic coma encephalitis (N=1), and genetic or metabolic conditions (chorea [N=2], 5HT cerebrospinal fluid deficit [N=1], storage disease [N=1], fatal familial insomnia [FFI; N=1], and PRODH mutations [N=1]). Six patients responded to a specific treatment approach related to their medical condition (e.g., plasma exchange in the case of auto-immune encephalitis). Catatonia in children and adolescents is associated with a high prevalence of medical conditions. This needs to be acknowledged as it may greatly delay the treatment of catatonia and the diagnosis of medically related catatonia. Tragically, this may deny patients treatment opportunities. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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              Catatonic disorder due to general medical conditions

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                jbpsiq
                Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria
                J. bras. psiquiatr.
                Instituto de Psiquiatria da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro )
                1982-0208
                July 2014
                : 63
                : 2
                : 177-181
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidade Federal de Campina Grande Brazil
                [2 ] Universidade de São Paulo Brazil
                [3 ] Universidade Federal da Paraíba Brazil
                [4 ] Universidade Federal de Campina Grande Brazil
                [5 ] Universidade Federal da Paraíba Brazil
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                S0047-20852014000200177
                10.1590/0047-2085000000022
                353689cd-78ac-416e-9a5a-5c21ad29d96f

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                Catatonia,systemic lupus erythematosus,benzodiazepines,differential diagnosis,lúpus eritematoso sistêmico,benzodiazepínicos,diagnóstico diferencial

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