Lethal catatonia is a life-threatening febrile neuropsychiatric syndrome, mainly consist of bezzare behavior, mounting fever, extreme hyperactivity, stuporous exhaustion and eventual death. Although the entity has been reported in the literafure
for
over 160 years, the rarity of the illness makes prompt recognition being very difficult tasks, particularly in young children, We experienced a typical case of lethal catatonia in 7-year-lod boy who previously had no organic illness.
Electroconvulsive
therapy(ECT) was the most successful mode of treatment among many therapies attempted. We feel tat tis could be the youngest case in the literature or lethal catatonia.
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