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Bram, Damien Bubrovszky, Maxime Durand, Jean-Paul Lefevre, Guillaume Morell-Dubois, Sandrine and Vaiva, Guillaume 2015. Pernicious anemia presenting as catatonia: correlating vitamin B12 levels and catatonic symptoms. General Hospital Psychiatry, Vol. 37, Issue. 3, p. 273.e5.
Oldham, Mark A. and Lee, Hochang B. 2015. Catatonia vis-à-vis delirium: the significance of recognizing catatonia in altered mental status. General Hospital Psychiatry, Vol. 37, Issue. 6, p. 554.
Koch, Alexander Reich, Karin Wielopolski, Jan Clepce, Marion Fischer, Marie Kornhuber, Johannes and Thuerauf, Norbert 2013. Catatonic Dilemma in a 33-Year-Old Woman: A Discussion. Case Reports in Psychiatry, Vol. 2013, p. 1.
Liang, Chih-Sung Yang, Fei-Wen and Ho, Pei-Shen 2012. Intravenous Lipid Emulsion-Associated Catatonia, Thrombocytopenia, and Leukopenia: A Case Report and the Role of NMDA Receptor. Psychosomatics, Vol. 53, Issue. 2, p. 193.
Pernicious anaemia can present with psychiatric symptoms before haematological or neurological manifestations appear. We describe a young woman who presented with insidious onset catatonia without evidence of psychosis or depression. Blood count and mean cell volume were normal and neurological findings were equivocal. Low B12 levels and intrinsic factor antibodies were found only by chance when they were included in a battery of further investigations. B12 replacement was followed by prompt improvement. This case provides an argument for wider screening for B12 deficiency in certain individuals with psychiatric disorders.
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Bram, Damien Bubrovszky, Maxime Durand, Jean-Paul Lefevre, Guillaume Morell-Dubois, Sandrine and Vaiva, Guillaume 2015. Pernicious anemia presenting as catatonia: correlating vitamin B12 levels and catatonic symptoms. General Hospital Psychiatry, Vol. 37, Issue. 3, p. 273.e5.
Oldham, Mark A. and Lee, Hochang B. 2015. Catatonia vis-à-vis delirium: the significance of recognizing catatonia in altered mental status. General Hospital Psychiatry, Vol. 37, Issue. 6, p. 554.
Koch, Alexander Reich, Karin Wielopolski, Jan Clepce, Marion Fischer, Marie Kornhuber, Johannes and Thuerauf, Norbert 2013. Catatonic Dilemma in a 33-Year-Old Woman: A Discussion. Case Reports in Psychiatry, Vol. 2013, p. 1.
Liang, Chih-Sung Yang, Fei-Wen and Ho, Pei-Shen 2012. Intravenous Lipid Emulsion-Associated Catatonia, Thrombocytopenia, and Leukopenia: A Case Report and the Role of NMDA Receptor. Psychosomatics, Vol. 53, Issue. 2, p. 193.
Pernicious anaemia presenting as catatonia without signs of anaemia or macrocytosis
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