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Cerebral malignancy presenting with post stroke depression
- Source :
- The Psychiatric quarterly. 80(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- The following case report highlights about a Glioblastoma presenting with features of post stroke depression. The neuropsychological findings though initially was normal but on subsequent follow up showed gross abnormalities. The imaging studies revealed the tumor, involving the right parietal and temporal lobes with midline shift and high vascularity. The patient exhibited rapid downhill course and died within 4 weeks of initial presentation.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Vascular disease
Brain Neoplasms
Depression
medicine.disease
Malignancy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Surgery
Central nervous system disease
Stroke
Psychiatry and Mental health
Vascularity
Midline shift
Medicine
Post-stroke depression
Humans
Radiology
medicine.symptom
business
Glioblastoma
Depression (differential diagnoses)
Aged
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15736709
- Volume :
- 80
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Psychiatric quarterly
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....184d85e367def874c28cc5be1428f9c3