1. Acute-onset Mania in a Patient with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
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Jhansi Katakam, Kate N Warren, and Eduardo D Espiridion
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Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Brain tumor ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Irritability ,behavioral disciplines and activities ,03 medical and health sciences ,mania ,0302 clinical medicine ,mental disorders ,medicine ,steroid induced mania ,brain metastasis ,Lung cancer ,Psychiatry ,business.industry ,General Engineering ,Cancer ,bipolar mania ,medicine.disease ,Substance abuse ,Mood ,Neurology ,behavior and behavior mechanisms ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Mania ,brain tumor ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Brain metastasis - Abstract
Mania is a mood disorder characteristic of certain psychiatric conditions and is exhibited by high energy, elevated mood, irritability, insomnia, and pressured speech. Though commonly attributed to bipolar and schizoaffective disorders, mania may be precipitated by other non-psychiatric conditions, including substance abuse, medications, metabolic disturbance, and organic brain pathology. Steroid-induced mania is not uncommon and may present with a number of psychiatric symptoms. Brain tumors presenting with predominantly psychiatric symptoms are a relatively uncommon cause of mania and may persist or recede with treatment. A case of mania in a cancer patient with brain metastasis and steroid use, with no prior history of mania, is discussed herein.
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- 2019
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