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Therapeutic Massage for Psychological Well-being in Geriatric Oncology
Published on: May 22, 2026
[Cancer can be a differential diagnosis by psychiatric symptoms]
Simone Eibye1, Helene Speyer, Michael Eriksen Benros
1Psykiatrisk Center København, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2400 København NV. simone_bendix@hotmail.com.
Abstract:
We present a patient with psychiatric symptoms as the first manifestation from an undetected brain tumor. The patient had symptoms of psychosis and a prior history with depression. A slight alteration in consciousness was found but no neurological deficits. Blood tests showed increased infection counts and particularly increased creatinine kinase. A large frontal glioma cerebri was found on cranial computed tomography and was surgically removed. The symptoms fully resolved afterwards. Psychosis can present with a variety of symptoms but particularly altered consciousness should arouse suspicion of physical origin.
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