Oligodendroglioma presenting as chronic mania

SUMMARY: Oligodendrogliomas may present with a variety of psychological symptoms but it only rarely presents with mania. The patient described in this case report is a 55-year-old man with a three year history of progressive mania who was initially diagnosed as chronic mania but a subsequent MRI ide...

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Autores principales: SAHA, Rahul, JAKHAR, Kiran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Publishing 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4526832/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26300601
http://dx.doi.org/10.11919/j.issn.1002-0829.215039
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description SUMMARY: Oligodendrogliomas may present with a variety of psychological symptoms but it only rarely presents with mania. The patient described in this case report is a 55-year-old man with a three year history of progressive mania who was initially diagnosed as chronic mania but a subsequent MRI identified a brain tumor. This report highlights the importance of considering differential organic diagnosis when patients present with atypical presentations of psychiatric disorders. A brain tumor should be considered and brain imaging studies conducted for patients with a late age of onset who do not respond to appropriate medication.  :  
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spelling pubmed-45268322015-08-21 Oligodendroglioma presenting as chronic mania SAHA, Rahul JAKHAR, Kiran Shanghai Arch Psychiatry Case Report SUMMARY: Oligodendrogliomas may present with a variety of psychological symptoms but it only rarely presents with mania. The patient described in this case report is a 55-year-old man with a three year history of progressive mania who was initially diagnosed as chronic mania but a subsequent MRI identified a brain tumor. This report highlights the importance of considering differential organic diagnosis when patients present with atypical presentations of psychiatric disorders. A brain tumor should be considered and brain imaging studies conducted for patients with a late age of onset who do not respond to appropriate medication.  :   Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Publishing 2015-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4526832/ /pubmed/26300601 http://dx.doi.org/10.11919/j.issn.1002-0829.215039 Text en Copyright © 2015 by Editorial Department of the Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4526832/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26300601
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