CYPROHEPTADINE-INDUCED CENTRAL ANTICHOLINERGIC SYNDROME IN A CHILD - A CASE-REPORT

A 16-year-old female patient presented to our emergency department wit h anticholinergic psychosis after an ingestion of cyproheptadine, The central anticholinergic syndrome occurs frequently but often goes unre cognized because many patients do not fit into a well defined clinical pattern, The diagnosis depends on the suspicion and recognition of th e psychiatric manifestations, including agitation, confusion, and hall ucinations. A high index of suspicion is necessary in children in part icular, since central effects seem to predominate in many anticholiner gic overdoses.