Neuroleptic malignant syndrome: another medical cause of acute abdomen

1 September 1989

journal article
case report
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Postgraduate Medical Journal

Vol. 65 (767) , 653-655
https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.65.767.653

Abstract

Summary: We present a patient with neuroleptic malignant syndrome and intestinal pseudo-obstruction misdiagnosed as being secondary to septicaemia. The management of the patient is discussed with emphasis on the role of creatine kinase and liver function tests.

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