Although catatonia is a well-known psychiatric syndrome, there are many possible
systemic and neurological etiologies. The aim of this case report was to present
a case of a patient with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and infarction in
which catatonia was the clinical manifestation of a possible nonconvulsive
status epilepticus. To our knowledge, only one such case has been reported in
the literature, which had a simplified diagnostic investigation. It is important
to correctly recognize the organic cause underlying catatonia in order to treat
the patient as soon as possible thereby improving outcome. Therefore, physicians
need to update their knowledge on catatonia, recognizing that it can be part of
a psychiatric or neurologic condition.
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