Otte Wim, Birkenhager Tom K, van den Broek Walter W
Emergis Centre for Mental Health, Goes, The Netherlands.
Eur Psychiatry. 2003 Aug;18(5):264-5. doi: 10.1016/s0924-9338(03)00090-7.
This case report describes a patient on tranylcypromine who erroneously received a single dose of imipramine and subsequently developed a fatal serotonin syndrome. Both the clinical features and the pathophysiology of the serotonin syndrome are discussed.