Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 5 , Page 756 , November 2009

Psychotic Woman With Painful Abdominal Distension

  • Malcolm Lemyze, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Broussais Hospital, St Malo, France
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  • Richard Chaaban, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Visceral Surgery, Broussais Hospital, St Malo, France
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  • François Collet, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Broussais Hospital, St Malo, France

References 

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  2. Palmer SE, McLean RM, Ellis PM, et al. Life-threatening clozapine-induced gastrointestinal hypomotility: an analysis of 102 cases. J Clin Psychiatry. 2008;69:759–768
  3. Gollock JM, Thomson JP. Ischaemic colitis associated with psychotropic drugs. Postgrad Med J. 1984;60:564–565

 For the diagnosis and teaching points, see page 759.

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PII: S0196-0644(09)00373-4

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.03.033

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 5 , Page 756 , November 2009

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