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Am J Geriatr Psychiatry · May 2002
Suppression of catatonia-like signs by lorazepam in nonconvulsive status epilepticus without seizure termination.
- Conrad M Swartz, Kathleen M Bottum, and Leonardo S Salazar Jr.
- Department of Psychiatry, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 62794-9642, USA. ectdoc@pol.net
- Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2002 May 1; 10 (3): 348-50.
AbstractNonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) cannot be reliably distinguished from catatonia by signs or symptoms. The authors report on a 68-year-old man with endogenous major depression who displayed catatonia-like psychopathology, which temporarily disappeared with lorazepam. An EEG then revealed NCSE. Presumably, lorazepam suppressed seizure in areas where it had caused clouding of consciousness, but it did not suppress all seizure activity. When lorazepam was stopped, the catatonia-like delirium returned; it disappeared again with valproate administration. This case illustrates that the reduction of signs consistent with catatonia by benzodiazepines does not by itself confirm catatonia, even in patients with endogenous depression.
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