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Waxy flexibility in a postpartum woman—A case report and review of the catatonic syndrome

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The importance of considering organic diseases when evaluating catatonic patients is illustrated by the case of a postpartum woman with subarachnoid hemorrhage who became catatonic with waxy flexibility. The catatonic syndrome occurs in association with a variety of lesions affecting any level of the central nervous system from the brainstem to the cerebral hemispheres.

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  1. University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 14642, Rochester, N. Y., USA

    Gary D. Hanson M.D. (formerly Resident, USPHS Fellow and Instructor in Psychiatry) &  Mark J. Brown M.D. (Instructor, USPHS Trainee and Fellow in Neurology)

  2. Strong Memorial Hospital, 260 Crittenden Boulevard, 14642, Rochester, N. Y., USA

    Mark J. Brown M.D. (Instructor, USPHS Trainee and Fellow in Neurology)

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He is now serving as a major in the U. S. Army.

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Hanson, G.D., Brown, M.J. Waxy flexibility in a postpartum woman—A case report and review of the catatonic syndrome. Psych Quar 47, 95–103 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01562900

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