Psychosis-like syndrome associated with intermittent intracranial hypertension caused by a large arachnoid cyst of the left temporal lobe.
Br J Neurosurg
; 20(3): 156-9, 2006 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
Lesions on certain brain areas can cause psychiatric signs. Symptomatic arachnoid cysts can produce a variety of symptoms like headache, seizures, increased ICP, and rarely psychiatric disorders. We report a case of a young woman with a left temporal lobe arachnoid cyst, presented with headache and an atypical psychosis. A 72-h epidural ICP recording revealed incidental elevation of ICP. After a permanent shunt was placed, patient's symptoms improved substantially, and antipsychotic medication was significantly reduced.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trastornos Psicóticos
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Quistes Aracnoideos
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Hipertensión Intracraneal
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Cefalea
Tipo de estudio:
Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Año:
2006
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Article