Electroconvulsive Therapy and Corpus Callosum Aplasia: A 3-Year Followup

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is a powerful treatment option in severe or chronic catatonic states and has been reported to be useful in oligophrenic patients. We report the followup medical history of a patient with corpus callosum aplasia (or agenesis) who was continuously treated with ECT over...

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Autores principales: Palm, Ulrich, Strauss, Philipp, Born, Christoph, Pogarell, Oliver
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937407
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/638506
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author Palm, Ulrich
Strauss, Philipp
Born, Christoph
Pogarell, Oliver
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description Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is a powerful treatment option in severe or chronic catatonic states and has been reported to be useful in oligophrenic patients. We report the followup medical history of a patient with corpus callosum aplasia (or agenesis) who was continuously treated with ECT over three years. First, he improved considerably after a series of ECT, but relapses of catatonia made a continuous, weekly ECT necessary. Due to the severity of the brain malformation, an add-on medication with benzodiazepines and second generation antipsychotics was necessary to treat catatonic symptoms. This case emphasises the benefits of long-term ECT in oligophrenic patients.
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spelling pubmed-34207202012-08-30 Electroconvulsive Therapy and Corpus Callosum Aplasia: A 3-Year Followup Palm, Ulrich Strauss, Philipp Born, Christoph Pogarell, Oliver Case Rep Psychiatry Case Report Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is a powerful treatment option in severe or chronic catatonic states and has been reported to be useful in oligophrenic patients. We report the followup medical history of a patient with corpus callosum aplasia (or agenesis) who was continuously treated with ECT over three years. First, he improved considerably after a series of ECT, but relapses of catatonia made a continuous, weekly ECT necessary. Due to the severity of the brain malformation, an add-on medication with benzodiazepines and second generation antipsychotics was necessary to treat catatonic symptoms. This case emphasises the benefits of long-term ECT in oligophrenic patients. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3420720/ /pubmed/22937407 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/638506 Text en Copyright © 2011 Ulrich Palm et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Electroconvulsive Therapy and Corpus Callosum Aplasia: A 3-Year Followup
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title_fullStr Electroconvulsive Therapy and Corpus Callosum Aplasia: A 3-Year Followup
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