• Tijdschr Psychiatr · Jan 2006

    Case Reports

    [A cocaine-induced variant of the neuroleptic malignant syndrome. A case study].

    • M H Smidt and E C A Collumbien.
    • Paaz van het TweeSteden ziekenhuis, Tilburg. martijn.smidt@vanadoo.nl
    • Tijdschr Psychiatr. 2006 Jan 1; 48 (5): 399-404.

    AbstractIn this article we discuss the case of a patient with schizophrenia who presented with the clinical symptoms ofcoma, fever and rigidity. Initially it was suspected that the patient had a neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Closer inspection revealed that the patient had recently used cocaine. It is known that cocaine can cause a variant of the neuroleptic malignant syndrome. The patient was treated with dantrolene sodium and bromocriptine in the Intensive Care Unit and made a complete recovery within four days.

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