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Human Neural Organoids for Studying Brain Cancer and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Published on: June 28, 2019
Brain tumor and psychiatric manifestations: a case report and brief review
Subramoniam Madhusoodanan1, Deepa Danan, Ronald Brenner
1Department of Psychiatry, St John's Episcopal Hospital, Far Rockaway, New York 11691, USA. sdanan@ehs.org
Abstract:
Brain tumors may present multiple psychiatric symptoms such as depression, personality change, abulia, auditory and visual hallucinations, mania, panic attacks, or amnesia. A case of a 79-year-old woman who presented with depressive symptoms but showed minimal neurological signs and symptoms is discussed. Neuroimaging revealed a brain tumor in the left parietal lobe, and patient underwent neurosurgical treatment and subsequently received chemotherapy and radiation. Some patients with neurologically silent brain tumors may present with psychiatric symptoms only. Therefore, we emphasize the consideration of neuroimaging in patients with a change in mental status regardless of a lack of neurological symptoms.
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