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01-04-2011 | Biological Psychiatry - Short Communication
ECT in a patient with Parkinson’s disease and schizophrenia, with dopamine transporter visualisation using 123I-Ioflupane SPET
Authors:
Paloma Fernández-Corcuera, Salvatore Aguilar, Víctor Viçens, Jaume Mora, Ana Benitez, Amparo García-Burillo, Edith Pomarol-Clotet, Peter Mckenna
Published in:
Journal of Neural Transmission
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Issue 4/2011
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Abstract
A 58-year old woman with chronic schizophrenia developed worsening parkinsonian symptoms over the previous 6 years, and was eventually diagnosed as having Parkinson’s disease. Antipsychotics were stopped because they worsened these symptoms. Antiparkinsonian treatment led to a significant increase in delusions and behavioural disorganisation. The patient underwent electroconvulsive-therapy which improved both her psychiatric and motor symptoms. After treatment, 123I-Ioflupane uptake was mildly increased in the left caudate nucleus, but uptake in right caudate nucleus was lower than in a pretreatment scan.