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ArticleJournal of rehabilitation medicine. Clinical communications2020

Serotonin Syndrome Mimicking Intrathecal Baclofen Withdrawal in a Patient with Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis.

Nicolas Goffin, Virginie Nguyen, Michéle Fostier, Thierry Gustin, Thierry Deltombe

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Article in Journal of rehabilitation medicine. Clinical communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nicolas GoffinPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation, CHU UCL Namur site Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium.
Virginie NguyenPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation, CHU UCL Namur site Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium.
Michéle FostierAnaesthesiology, CHU UCL Namur site Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium.
Thierry GustinNeurosurgery, CHU UCL Namur site Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium.
Thierry DeltombePhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation, CHU UCL Namur site Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium.
CHU Dinant Godinne UCL Namur · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextSerotonin syndrome is a drug-induced condition related to an increased level of serotonin in the brain, which may induce neuromuscular, autonomic and mental symptoms. CASE REPORT: A 40-year-old woman with hereditary spastic paraparesis (Strumpell-Lorrain disease) with an implanted intrathecal baclofen pump for severe spasticity. Two days after starting a medication known to inhibit serotonin re-uptake (paroxetine), she developed a sudden increase in lower limb spasticity with continuous spasms, fever, tachycardia and hypertension. Intrathecal baclofen withdrawal was excluded, confirming serotonin syndrome.

conclusionMedications that inhibit serotonin reuptake may induce serotonin syndrome, resulting in increased spasticity in patients with spinal cord lesions, and should be prescribed with caution.

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hereditary spastic paraparesisintrathecal baclofenparoxetineserotonin syndrome

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PMID33884128
PMCPMC8008723
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