Open AccessWorsening of movement disorder following treatment with electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with Huntington’s disease
Author(s) -
Hesitha Abeysundera,
Allan Mariano Bodan Campbell,
Shanthi Sarma
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr-2019-230389
Subject(s) - electroconvulsive therapy , depression (economics) , medicine , context (archaeology) , huntington's disease , psychiatry , anxiety , disease , movement disorders , medical therapy , pediatrics , cognition , paleontology , biology , economics , macroeconomics
This paper describes a patient who presented with treatment-resistant depression with comorbid anxiety symptoms in the context of Huntington's disease (HD) and developed worsening movement disorder symptoms after commencing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for depression. The aim of this case report is to provide medical practitioners with a greater awareness of the possibility of worsening movement disorders when using ECT for depression in a patient with HD.