Catatonia due to different causes; case series

ABSTRACT

Catatonia is a serious and fascinating syndrome. It calls for diagnostic rigor and knowledgeable treatment on the part of the Physician and sometimes the Surgeon. Both of them seek to reattach their catatonic patients to their community from which these patients were separated. Kahlbum attributed the condition to organic cerebral disease. In this article we mentioned six cases of catatonia due to different causes including schizophrenia, depression, hyperparathyroidism, central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis [due to overrapid correction of hyponatremia], carbon monoxide poisoning and systemic lupus erythematosis. All these cases presented by catatonia and number of different medical specialties shard in their diagnosis and treatment. Really, catatonia is a unique syndrome in which we stand to gain valuable insight into how motivation and movement are mediated in the brain