Case Report
Case Report: Clozapine Induced Ogilvies Syndrome
Mahmoud Mosli* and Melanie Beaton
London Health Sciences Centre, Department of Medicine, London, Ontario, Canada
- *Corresponding Author:
- Mahmoud Mosli
MBBS, FRCPC, ABIM
London Health Sciences Centre
Department of Medicine, London
Ontario, Canada
E-mail: ma7mos@yahoo.com
Received date: January 02, 2012; Accepted date: March 07, 2012; Published date: March 09, 2012
Citation: Mosli M, Beaton M (2012) Case Report: Clozapine Induced Ogilvie’s Syndrome. J Gastrointest Dig Syst 2:105. doi: 10.4172/2161-069X.1000105
Copyright: © 2011 Mosli M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
We report a case of clozapine induced acute intestinal pseudo obstruction (also known as Ogilvie’s syndrome) in a 54-year female with a history significant for multiple psychiatric disorders. The diagnosis was made after a challenging clinical presentation where collaboration between multiple medical services resulted in reaching a unified diagnosis. The diagnosis was established based on multiple radiological imaging modalities and confirmed by a documented response to colonic decompression through colonoscopy and discontinuation of the offending medication.
