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Oculogyric Crisis Due to Low-Dose Olanzapine: A Case Report
Semih Erden1, Hurşit Ferahkaya
1Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.
Objectives:
Oculogyric crisis is a dystonic movement disorder characterized by continuous contraction of the ocular muscles and spasmodic movements of the pupils in a fixed position, usually upward.
Methods:
In this case report, an early-stage acute oculogyric crisis due to low-dose olanzapine in a 15-year-old adolescent boy is presented.
Results:
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report showing that acute oculogyric crisis can develop with low-dose olanzapine administration.
Conclusions:
Even though second-generation antipsychotics are safer than conventional antipsychotics in terms of extrapyramidal adverse effects, this possibility should always be taken into consideration through this case report.
