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June 1, 2017Dementia & NeuropsychologiaOpen Access

Catatonia can be a clinical manifestation of nonconvulsive status epilepticus secondary to cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and infarction.

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A patient with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and infarction presenting with catatonia

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Case_report

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NFNathália Stela Visoná de FigueiredoDADébora Bartzen Moraes AngstANAntônio de Matos Lima Neto

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Overview

Catatonia may signal nonconvulsive status epilepticus in cerebral venous thrombosis; leaves open whether EEG should be routine in such cases.

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A patient with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and infarction presenting with catatonia

Highlights the importance of recognizing organic neurological causes, such as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, underlying catatonia to improve patient outcomes.

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Figueiredo et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a709bbe5671bbf00bc2bc4bhttps://doi.org/10.1590/1980-57642016dn11-020015
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