Autoimmune Encephalitis Presenting With Malignant Catatonia in a 40-Year-Old Male Patient With COVID-19

Am J Psychiatry. 2021 Jun;178(6):485-489. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.20081236.

Authors

Jan Mulder¹, Amalia Feresiadou¹, David Fällmar¹, Robert Frithiof¹, Johan Virhammar¹, Annica Rasmusson¹, Elham Rostami¹, Eva Kumlien¹, Janet L Cunningham¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm (Mulder); Department of Neuroscience, Neurology (Feresiadou, Virhammar, Kumlien), Department of Surgical Sciences, Radiology (Fällmar), Department of Surgical Sciences, Anesthesia and Intensive Care (Frithiof), Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry (Rasmusson, Cunningham), and Department of Neuroscience, Neurosurgery (Rostami), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

PMID: 34154381
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.20081236

No abstract available

Keywords: Catatonia; Encephalitis; Neuroimaging; Neuroimmunology; Psychosis; Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
COVID-19 / complications*
Catatonia / complications*
Encephalitis / complications*
Hashimoto Disease / complications*
Humans
Male

Supplementary concepts

Hashimoto's encephalitis