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Oligodendroglioma presenting as chronic mania.
1Department of Psychiatry and Deaddiction; PGIMER, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry
|August 25, 2015
Summary
Oligodendrogliomas rarely cause mania, but this case shows a 55-year-old man with chronic mania due to a brain tumor. Brain imaging is crucial for late-onset mania unresponsive to medication.
Area of Science:
- Neuro-oncology
- Neuropsychiatry
Background:
- Oligodendrogliomas are primary brain tumors.
- Psychological symptoms are common in brain tumors.
- Mania is an uncommon presentation of oligodendroglioma.
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