Catatonic stupor superimposed on hereditary spinocerebellar degeneration resolved with electroconvulsive therapy

Kazumasa Suzuki; Kae Itou; Takehisa Takano; Nobuhiko Harada; Shuichi Awata; Hiroo Matsuoka

doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2006.04.026

Catatonic stupor superimposed on hereditary spinocerebellar degeneration resolved with electroconvulsive therapy

Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2006 Aug 30;30(6):1179-81. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2006.04.026. Epub 2006 Jun 9.

Authors

Kazumasa Suzuki¹, Kae Itou, Takehisa Takano, Nobuhiko Harada, Shuichi Awata, Hiroo Matsuoka

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Hospital, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Sendai 980-8574, Japan. kazumasa-tohoku@umin.ac.jp

PMID: 16764981
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2006.04.026

Abstract

We report a 58-year-old woman with catatonic stupor superimposed on hereditary spinocerebellar degeneration (SCD) and psychotic depression. The catatonia and psychotic depression resolved with 11 sessions of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Early recognition of catatonia during the course of SCD is important for timely administration of ECT.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Affective Disorders, Psychotic / complications
Catatonia / complications*
Catatonia / therapy*
Coma / complications*
Coma / therapy*
Electroconvulsive Therapy*
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Spinocerebellar Degenerations / complications*
Spinocerebellar Degenerations / pathology