Catatonia as an internal medicine disease: infrequent or still underdiagnosed?

Margarida Proenca; Filipa Marques; Débora Cardoso; Cândida Fonseca

doi:10.1136/bcr-2015-214233

Catatonia as an internal medicine disease: infrequent or still underdiagnosed?

Margarida Proenca, Filipa Marques, Débora Cardoso, Cândida Fonseca

NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (NMS|FCM)

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Abstract

Catatonia is a motor and behavioural syndrome with multiple psychiatric, general medical and neurological aetiologies that might be simultaneously present. B12 deficiency is a rare, treatable cause of catatonia, not always easy to rule out. The authors present a case of a woman with catatonia associated with severe cyanocobalamin deficiency, admitted to an internal medicine ward. The benign course was related to an adequate and early diagnosis.

Original language	English
Article number	214233
Journal	BMJ case reports
Volume	2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2015-214233
Publication status	Published - 22 Apr 2016

Keywords

Aged
Catatonia
Female
Humans
Internal Medicine
Vitamin B 12
Vitamin B 12 Deficiency
Case Reports
Journal Article

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