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Psychosis in Secondary Empty Sella Syndrome following a Russell's Viper Bite
Hypopituitarism can present with psychiatric symptoms. We report a unique case of psychosis in clear consciousness in a case of hypopituitarism due to the secondary empty sella syndrome following a Russell's viper bite which was untreated and presented with psychotic symptoms for past 13 years...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4904765/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27335524 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.183079 |
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author | Ratnakaran, Badr Punnoose, Varghese P. Das, Soumitra Kartha, Arjun |
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description | Hypopituitarism can present with psychiatric symptoms. We report a unique case of psychosis in clear consciousness in a case of hypopituitarism due to the secondary empty sella syndrome following a Russell's viper bite which was untreated and presented with psychotic symptoms for past 13 years following the snake bite. After the diagnosis of psychosis due to hypopituitarism was made, the patient was treated with levothyroxine and prednisolone supplements and his psychotic symptoms subsided without any psychotropic drugs. Vasculotoxic snake bites can cause hypopituitarism and can present with psychosis. Further research will be needed into the prevalence of this phenomenon. |
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spelling | pubmed-49047652016-06-22 Psychosis in Secondary Empty Sella Syndrome following a Russell's Viper Bite Ratnakaran, Badr Punnoose, Varghese P. Das, Soumitra Kartha, Arjun Indian J Psychol Med Case Report Hypopituitarism can present with psychiatric symptoms. We report a unique case of psychosis in clear consciousness in a case of hypopituitarism due to the secondary empty sella syndrome following a Russell's viper bite which was untreated and presented with psychotic symptoms for past 13 years following the snake bite. After the diagnosis of psychosis due to hypopituitarism was made, the patient was treated with levothyroxine and prednisolone supplements and his psychotic symptoms subsided without any psychotropic drugs. Vasculotoxic snake bites can cause hypopituitarism and can present with psychosis. Further research will be needed into the prevalence of this phenomenon. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4904765/ /pubmed/27335524 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.183079 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Ratnakaran, Badr Punnoose, Varghese P. Das, Soumitra Kartha, Arjun Psychosis in Secondary Empty Sella Syndrome following a Russell's Viper Bite |
title | Psychosis in Secondary Empty Sella Syndrome following a Russell's Viper Bite |
title_full | Psychosis in Secondary Empty Sella Syndrome following a Russell's Viper Bite |
title_fullStr | Psychosis in Secondary Empty Sella Syndrome following a Russell's Viper Bite |
title_full_unstemmed | Psychosis in Secondary Empty Sella Syndrome following a Russell's Viper Bite |
title_short | Psychosis in Secondary Empty Sella Syndrome following a Russell's Viper Bite |
title_sort | psychosis in secondary empty sella syndrome following a russell's viper bite |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4904765/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27335524 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.183079 |
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