Lithium neurotoxicity presenting as dementia with therapeutic serum lithium levels

被引:7
作者
Soni, Sarita [1 ]
机构
[1] NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Dept Learning Disabil, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
关键词
psychiatry (drugs And Medicines); unwanted effects; adverse reactions; psychiatry; drugs: psychiatry; mood disorders (including depression);
D O I
10.1136/bcr-2018-227741
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
After 25 years of continuous lithium therapy, a woman with moderate intellectual disability and bipolar disorder developed symptoms suggestive of dementia. In fact, she had developed lithium neurotoxicity, but this was overlooked for 18 months as serial lithium levels were in the therapeutic range.
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