Cervical Dystonia Associated with Sertraline in an Adolescent A Case

Abstract

In recent years, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) are widely prescribed in child and adolescent psychiatry practice because they are regarded as having less severe side-effects. Despite reliabilities, acathisia, dystonia, parkinsonism, tremor and tardive dyskinesia have been reported as the extrapyramidal system findings associated with use of SSRIs. In this report, we discuss a clinical case of cervical dystonia secondary to sertraline use in an adolescent patient. To the best of our knowledge, this is the second case of dystonia associated with sertraline use in an adolescent patient.

Keywords

• Sertraline, Side effects, Cervical dystonia, Adolescent.

Bir Ergen Olguda Sertralin Kullanımı ile İlişkili Servikal Distoni

Öz

Son yıllarda selektif serotonin geri alım inhibitörleri (SSGI) yan etkilerinin az olması nedeniyle çocuk ve ergen psikiyatrisi pratiğinde sıkça kullanılmaktadırlar. Bu güvenirliklerine rağmen, SSGI kullanımına bağlı ekstrapiramidal sistem bulguları olarak; akatizi, distoni, parkinsonizm, tremor ve geç diskinezi bildirilen vakalar literatürde bulunmaktadır. Bu yazıda sertralin tedavisi ile servikal distoni oluşumu gözlenen bir ergen olgu tartışılmıştır. Bilebildiğimiz kadarıyla olgumuz, ergenlik yaş döneminde sertralin kullanımı sonucu oluşan ikinci distoni olgusudur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Sertralin, Yan etki, Servikal distoni, Ergen.

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