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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 2021; 13(02): 91-94
DOI: 10.4103/ijmbs.ijmbs_21_21
Case Report

Steroid-Induced acute psychosis in an 8-year-old child with inflammatory bowel disease

Om-Elkhair Elbanoni
1   Department of Pediatric Gastroentrology, Benghazi Medical Center, Benghazi University, Benghazi
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Adel Altawaty
2   Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Libyan International Medical University, Benghazi
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We present a case of an 8-year-old male child diagnosed with Crohn's disease, and he experienced a steroid-induced psychosis during induction of remission with corticosteroid therapy. This study aims to report a steroid-induced psychosis in the pediatric age group and add this case to the limited number of reported pediatric patients who developed a steroid-induced psychosis with a focused review of the literature.

Key-words:

Inflammatory bowel disease - psychosis - pulse therapy - steroids

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Publication History

Received: 05 March 2021

Accepted: 26 April 2021

Article published online:
14 July 2022

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