Catatonia as a debut of systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report on a diagnostic challenge
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by a wide variety of symptoms, including frequent neurological and psychiatric symptomatology. Psychiatric symptoms encountered in SLE are frequent, between 37 and 95% of SLE patients present them, can appear at any point in the course of the disease and may include almost any type of disorder. We present the case of a 32-year-old woman who presented an SLE debut with catatonic symptoms without previous psychiatric history, representing a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge given that the diagnosis was initially wrongly filtered out and required up to three hospital admissions in a row to reach a proper diagnosis and treatment.
Authors
- Cecilia L. Mantellini
- Laura López (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4024-0418)
- Ailin Herrero
- Òscar de Juan
- Miguel Á. Vicente (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-0249)
- Marina Garriga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7312-4969)
- María Sagué‐Vilavella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8037-7937)
- Luís Pintor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8730-7296)
- Lídia Ilzarbe
- Miquel Bioque (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6887-7149)
- Vicent Llorca-Bofí
- Iñaki Ochandiano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1550-8664)
- Helena Andreu
- Luis Olivier
- Blanca Serra-Sarró
Institutions
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ES)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (ES)
- Neuroscience Institute (IT)
- Consorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer (ES)
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Clinical Psychopharmacology
- Published
- 2024-11-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/yic.0000000000000572
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.77