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Ruptured suprasellar dermoid cyst presenting olfactory delusion (Eigengeruchs erlebnis).
- Source :
-
Neurosurgery [Neurosurgery] 1993 Jul; Vol. 33 (1), pp. 97-9. - Publication Year :
- 1993
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Abstract
- A 24-year-old man sought treatment of a long-standing olfactory delusion (Eigengeruchs erlebnis) and associated psychotic symptoms, which disappeared after the removal of a suprasellar dermoid cyst. The pathophysiology of the phenomenon is discussed.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Brain Neoplasms diagnosis
Brain Neoplasms pathology
Brain Neoplasms surgery
Delusions diagnosis
Dermoid Cyst diagnosis
Dermoid Cyst pathology
Dermoid Cyst surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Male
Neurocognitive Disorders diagnosis
Psychotic Disorders diagnosis
Rupture, Spontaneous
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders etiology
Violence
Brain Neoplasms psychology
Delusions etiology
Dermoid Cyst psychology
Neurocognitive Disorders etiology
Optic Chiasm
Smell
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0148-396X
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Neurosurgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 8355854
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-199307000-00015