PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lo, T. C.
AU  - Unwin, M. R.
AU  - Dymock, I. W.
TI  - Neuroleptic malignant syndrome: another medical cause of acute abdomen.
AID  - 10.1136/pgmj.65.767.653
DP  - 1989 Sep 01
TA  - Postgraduate Medical Journal
PG  - 653--655
VI  - 65
IP  - 767
4099  - http://pmj.bmj.com/content/65/767/653.short
4100  - http://pmj.bmj.com/content/65/767/653.full
SO  - Postgrad Med J1989 Sep 01; 65
AB  - We present a patient with neuroleptic malignant syndrome and intestinal pseudo-obstruction misdiagnosed as being secondary to septicaemia. The management of the patient is discussed with emphasis on the role of creatine kinase and liver function tests.