Am J Psychiatry 1985; 142:364-365
Copyright © 1985 by American Psychiatric Association
Iron pigment in the brain of a man with tardive dyskinesia
WG Campbell, MA Raskind, T Gordon and CM Shaw
A 64-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder developed persistent
tardive dyskinesia following an overdose of lithium and haloperidol. Two
years later he died of unknown causes. Neuropathologic examination revealed
extensive deposition of iron in basal ganglia and substantia nigra.