Successful Management of Patient with Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia and Swyer–James–Macleod Syndrome with Clozapine

Swyer–James–Macleod syndrome (SJMS) is a rare disorder characterized by infective bronchiolitis. It typically presents with a history of recurrent chest infections during childhood. Cardinal sign of the disease includes the hyperlucency of the lung fields. Till date, only a few cases have been repor...

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Autores principales: Parmar, Arpit, Ranjan, Rajeev, Sagar, Rajesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5052964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27833234
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.191396
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Sumario:Swyer–James–Macleod syndrome (SJMS) is a rare disorder characterized by infective bronchiolitis. It typically presents with a history of recurrent chest infections during childhood. Cardinal sign of the disease includes the hyperlucency of the lung fields. Till date, only a few cases have been reported of this syndrome. We report a very unusual case of SJMS along with comorbid schizophrenia in a 20-year-old female and the successful management using clozapine.

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