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. 1983 Feb;46(2):183–185. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.46.2.183

Cerebellar syndrome following neuroleptic induced heat stroke.

D Lefkowitz, C S Ford, C Rich, J Biller, L C McHenry Jr
PMCID: PMC1027303  PMID: 6842224

Abstract

We report a patient in whom extreme hyperthermia, rhabdomyolysis, acute renal failure and a residual pancerebellar syndrome occurred while taking a combination of perphenazine and amitriptyline. We postulate that impaired thermoregulation due to psychotropic drugs was responsible for the development of heat stroke and that the cerebellar syndrome resulted directly from the elevated temperature.

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