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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome: A diagnostic challenge
Reshma P Ambulkar1, Vijaya P Patil1, Aliasgar V Moiyadi2
1 Department of Anaesthesia Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Centre, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Reshma P Ambulkar
Department of Anaesthesia Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Centre, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-9185.101946
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We report the case of a 7-year-old girl operated for craniopharyngioma who developed hyperkalemic cardiac arrest in the post-operative period. She was diagnosed as Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) and the causative drug was carbamazepine. It was essentially a diagnosis of exclusion, and treatment was mainly supportive in form of withdrawal of the neuroleptic medication (carbamazepine) and administration of dantrolene and bromocriptine. Although, relatively uncommon, NMS can be fatal. NMS presents a clinical challenge as the patient outcome depends on its prompt recognition and treatment. |
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