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Atypical Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Associated with Use of Clozapine
The Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS) is a medical emergency of infrequent presentation in the emergency department, which is associated with the use of psychiatric drugs, such as typical and atypical antipsychotics. Our case addresses a 55-year-old patient diagnosed with undifferentiated schizop...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5337851/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28303200 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2174379 |
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author | Leonardo, Quevedo-Florez Juliana, Granada-Romero Fernando, Camargo-Arenas Juan |
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description | The Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS) is a medical emergency of infrequent presentation in the emergency department, which is associated with the use of psychiatric drugs, such as typical and atypical antipsychotics. Our case addresses a 55-year-old patient diagnosed with undifferentiated schizophrenia for 10 years, who had been receiving clozapine and clonazepam as part of their treatment. This patient presents the symptoms of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome without fever, which improves with treatment especially with the withdrawal of clozapine. In the absence of fever and clinical improvement, the patient is considered to have an atypical presentation of this disease. |
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spelling | pubmed-53378512017-03-16 Atypical Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Associated with Use of Clozapine Leonardo, Quevedo-Florez Juliana, Granada-Romero Fernando, Camargo-Arenas Juan Case Rep Emerg Med Case Report The Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS) is a medical emergency of infrequent presentation in the emergency department, which is associated with the use of psychiatric drugs, such as typical and atypical antipsychotics. Our case addresses a 55-year-old patient diagnosed with undifferentiated schizophrenia for 10 years, who had been receiving clozapine and clonazepam as part of their treatment. This patient presents the symptoms of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome without fever, which improves with treatment especially with the withdrawal of clozapine. In the absence of fever and clinical improvement, the patient is considered to have an atypical presentation of this disease. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017 2017-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5337851/ /pubmed/28303200 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2174379 Text en Copyright © 2017 Quevedo-Florez Leonardo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Leonardo, Quevedo-Florez Juliana, Granada-Romero Fernando, Camargo-Arenas Juan Atypical Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Associated with Use of Clozapine |
title | Atypical Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Associated with Use of Clozapine |
title_full | Atypical Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Associated with Use of Clozapine |
title_fullStr | Atypical Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Associated with Use of Clozapine |
title_full_unstemmed | Atypical Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Associated with Use of Clozapine |
title_short | Atypical Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Associated with Use of Clozapine |
title_sort | atypical neuroleptic malignant syndrome associated with use of clozapine |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5337851/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28303200 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2174379 |
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