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Focal parietal necrosis of the sigmoid due to atypical neuroleptics : a case report

Journal Volume 75 - 2012
Issue Fasc.2 - Case reports
Author(s) Arnaud Devresse, Philippe Maldague, Bruno Coulier, Frédéric Pierard, Isabelle Gielen
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Department of Gastroenterology, Diagnostic Radiology, Visceral Surgery, Clinique St Luc, Bouge, Namur, Belgium and Department of Pathology and Genetics, Loverval, Belgium.

We present the case of a 26-year-old man with schizoid person- ality disorder who suffered from a very focal and transparietal necrosis of the sigmoid after an overdose of atypical neuroleptics. This is a singular, rather unknown and potentially lethal side effect of these drugs. The physiopathology of this complication is multifactorial. (Acta gastroenterol. belg., 2012, 75, 263-265).

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PMID 22870793