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Atypical major depressive episode as initial presentation of intracranial germinoma in a male adolescent
A 17-year-old adolescent boy presented with atypical major depressive episode (MDE) without specific focal neurological signs for 6 months. He had a diagnosis of intra-cranial germinoma, and the atypical MDE symptoms subsided after the operation. However, he had a relapse of atypical MDE 7 months af...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5191621/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28053535 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S118902 |
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author | Chen, Yi-Ting Su, Kuan-Pin Chang, Jane Pei-Chen |
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description | A 17-year-old adolescent boy presented with atypical major depressive episode (MDE) without specific focal neurological signs for 6 months. He had a diagnosis of intra-cranial germinoma, and the atypical MDE symptoms subsided after the operation. However, he had a relapse of atypical MDE 7 months after the first surgery. His mood and binge eating symptoms subsided, but intractable body weight gain only partially improved after treatment. When encountering manifestations of depression with atypical features, especially with binge eating symptoms in male children and adolescents, with early onset age, no family history, and prolonged depressive episodes, clinicians should consider not only mood disorders including bipolar spectrum disorders but also organic brain lesions such as intracranial germinoma. |
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spelling | pubmed-51916212017-01-04 Atypical major depressive episode as initial presentation of intracranial germinoma in a male adolescent Chen, Yi-Ting Su, Kuan-Pin Chang, Jane Pei-Chen Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat Case Report A 17-year-old adolescent boy presented with atypical major depressive episode (MDE) without specific focal neurological signs for 6 months. He had a diagnosis of intra-cranial germinoma, and the atypical MDE symptoms subsided after the operation. However, he had a relapse of atypical MDE 7 months after the first surgery. His mood and binge eating symptoms subsided, but intractable body weight gain only partially improved after treatment. When encountering manifestations of depression with atypical features, especially with binge eating symptoms in male children and adolescents, with early onset age, no family history, and prolonged depressive episodes, clinicians should consider not only mood disorders including bipolar spectrum disorders but also organic brain lesions such as intracranial germinoma. Dove Medical Press 2016-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5191621/ /pubmed/28053535 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S118902 Text en © 2017 Chen et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Chen, Yi-Ting Su, Kuan-Pin Chang, Jane Pei-Chen Atypical major depressive episode as initial presentation of intracranial germinoma in a male adolescent |
title | Atypical major depressive episode as initial presentation of intracranial germinoma in a male adolescent |
title_full | Atypical major depressive episode as initial presentation of intracranial germinoma in a male adolescent |
title_fullStr | Atypical major depressive episode as initial presentation of intracranial germinoma in a male adolescent |
title_full_unstemmed | Atypical major depressive episode as initial presentation of intracranial germinoma in a male adolescent |
title_short | Atypical major depressive episode as initial presentation of intracranial germinoma in a male adolescent |
title_sort | atypical major depressive episode as initial presentation of intracranial germinoma in a male adolescent |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5191621/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28053535 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S118902 |
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