Abstract

HUARCAYA-VICTORIA, Jeff; HUETE-CORDOVA, María  and  SALIRROSAS-ALEGRIA, Cristopher. Deep venous thrombosis as a medical complication in a catatonic patient. Rev Neuropsiquiatr [online]. 2016, vol.79, n.1, pp.52-58. ISSN 0034-8597.

Catatonia is a psychiatric syndrome whose conceptualization has gone through a variety of vicissitudes since the classic description by Kahlbaum. Its prevalence ranges from 7% to 31% among psychiatric patients, but it often goes underdiagnosed. It is well known that prolonged catatonia can result in serious complications for the patient’s life due to prolonged immobility and dehydration, so we consider relevant to present the case of a 52-year-old male patient as an example of catatonia with psychotic symptoms developing a non-psychiatric medical complication: deep venous thrombosis of the lower left limb. The patient was treated with diazepam and olanzapine in addition to the management of medical complications with anticoagulants: improvement of the psychiatric symptoms was observed after two weeks of treatment.

Keywords : Catatonia; psychotic disorders; venous thrombosis.

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