Acute Psychosis Following Hydrocortisone Replacement in a Patient with Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency Due to Recurrent Postoperative Pituitary Macroadenoma
Amarta Shankar Chowdhury, Dipti Sarma, Uma Kaimal Saikia, Bipul Kumar Choudhury, Utpal Bora
Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · pp. 1–7 · Published 7 Nov 2015
10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21557Abstract
Acute psychosis in patients receiving physiological corticosteroid replacement is rare. The exact mechanism of this disorder is not clear. We report a case of a 50 year old female with recurrent post operative pituitary macroadenoma who had presented to us with features of adrenocortical insufficiency. The patient was started on intravenous (iv) hydrocortisone and after receiving six doses, she developed features of acute psychosis. She was put on anti-psychotics and hydrocortisone was withheld for 24 hrs. The patient recovered in a couple of days and oral hydrocortisone was re-started at 5 mg per/day and increased to 15 mg/day without recurrence of symptoms of psychosis.
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