Case study: effectiveness of plasma exchange in an adolescent with systemic lupus erythematosus and catatonia.

Abstract

Catatonia is a rare but severe condition in adolescents that can be associated with both psychiatric and organic causes. The present report notes that systemic lupus erythematosus should be considered among possible causes of catatonia and shows that plasma exchange could be an efficient treatment option for such neuropsychiatric manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus, to avoid the use of electroconvulsive therapy in young patients.

• Authors: Didier Perisse, Zahir Amoura, David Cohen, Pierre Saintigny, Fatiha Mekhloufi, Philippe Mazet, Jean-Charles Piette
• Journal: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry) Vol. 42 Issue 4 Pg. 497-9 (Apr 2003) ISSN: 0890-8567 [Print] United States
• PMID: 12649638 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Catatonia (complications)
• Female
• Humans
• Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic (complications, therapy)
• Plasma Exchange (methods)
• Treatment Outcome