uk-dipimc MCQ (SBA): Dopaminergic Withdrawal Crisis

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A 60-year-old male with Parkinson's disease falls at home. He is on levodopa/carbidopa. He has been unable to take his medication for 2 days due to a gastric illness causing vomiting. He is now severely rigid, febrile (39.5°C), tachycardic, and confused. What potentially fatal condition has developed?

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