Lithium carbonate in prophylaxis of reappearing catatonic stupor: Case report

Internal Carotid Artery Thrombosis Presenting as Catatonic Stupor—case Report

Catatonic stupor is a condition characterized by generalised inhibition of motor activities where sensibilities are impaired and the individual has little or no appreciation of his surroundings. Fisher (1954) reported eight cases of carotid occlusion who presented initially as dementia. He concluded that the association of dementia and carotid occlusion in these cases may be entirely fortuitous...

Catatonic stupor in elderly woman with hyperparathyroidism.

Impairment of the cortical GABAergic inhibitory system in catatonic stupor: a case report with neuroimaging.

We report the case of a 32-year-old patient who presented with catatonic stupor during the course of acute aseptic encephalitis involving the right frontotemporal area. Flumazenil-PET performed during the stupor indicated decreased benzodiazepine receptor binding in the right frontotemporal area where glucose metabolism was preserved as revealed by FDG-PET. An injection of diazepam immediately ...

Catatonic Stupor and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

There are a number of causes for stupor and catatonic schizophrenia is one of the important ones (Gelenberg 1976). Neurological disorders (Plum 1972; Penn et al 1972), metabolic conditions including psychotomimetic agents such as mescaline and phencyclidine, ethyl alcohol and amphetamine (Gatewood et al 1975, Jaffe 1967), and pharmacological agents include aspirin, ACTH, and neuroleptics (Weinb...

Catatonic Stupor with a Temporal Lobe Focus

Catatonic states do not always signify a psychiatric illness and may be a manifestation of an tmderlying medical or neurological illness. To assume that a patient who presents with a catatonic disorder must have exclusively a psychiatric disorder can lead to errors in diagnosis and management. Obvious physical illnesses such as epilepsy are easy to recognize but many subtle one? give rise to di...