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[Psychogenic paralysis of the arm after stereotactic brain biopsy]
1Psychiatrische und Neurologische Universitätsklinik, Freiburg.
Der Nervenarzt
|May 1, 1995
Abstract:
A 45-year-old Turkish woman with a psychiatric history of depression and somatic disorder underwent an unnecessary stereotactic brain biopsy. After the procedure she developed severe palsy in the arm on the side of the operation without any somatic pathology. An integrative psychosomatic treatment approach focusing on the somatic problem improved the paralysis. Diagnostic and therapeutic issues in this case are discussed critically with reference to the literature.