ea0011p117 | Clinical case reports | ECE2006
McCallum RW
, Parameswaran V
, Duffield A
, Hoffman L
, Burgess JR
, Greenaway T
A number of psychiatric conditions are associated with Cushings disease. Acute psychosis is rare. We describe a patient with sudden onset of florid psychosis who required medical and surgical treatment.Case: A 38 year old woman previously well and employed in the financial sector was admitted to the acute psychiatric unit with delusional, disorganised and paranoid ideation. Despite management with olanzapine, haloperidol and benzodiazepines her men...