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Tijdschr Psychiatr
; 48(5): 399-404, 2006.
Artigo
em Holandês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16956032
RESUMO
In this article we discuss the case of a patient with schizophrenia who presented with the clinical symptoms ofcoma, fever and rigidity. Initially it was suspected that the patient had a neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Closer inspection revealed that the patient had recently used cocaine. It is known that cocaine can cause a variant of the neuroleptic malignant syndrome. The patient was treated with dantrolene sodium and bromocriptine in the Intensive Care Unit and made a complete recovery within four days.