Case Report: When catatonia-like symptoms are not catatonia: Guillain–Barré syndrome in a patient with schizophrenia (opens in new tab)

IntroductionSchizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder. Catatonia is relatively common in schizophrenia; its main manifestations include catatonic stupor, mutism, negativism, and other psychomotor symptom clusters. Patients with schizophrenia are at increased risk of infections, which are also recognized triggers for Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS). GBS typically presents with limb weakness, paresthesia, facial weakness, respiratory muscle paralysis, and autonomic symptoms, and may similarl...