Arachnoid Cyst and Psychosis: The Troublemaker or Innocent Bystander

Organic underpinning of a psychotic disturbance is often missed. Arachnoid cysts are considered a rare neurological tumor, few of which exhibit any symptomatology. In most cases, they are diagnosed by accident. Literature regarding the coexistence of arachnoid cysts with psychiatric disorders is spa...

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Autores principales: Das, Soumitra, Kartha, Arjun, Purushothaman, Sumesh Thoppil, Rajan, Varun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5385751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28515559
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.203107
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description Organic underpinning of a psychotic disturbance is often missed. Arachnoid cysts are considered a rare neurological tumor, few of which exhibit any symptomatology. In most cases, they are diagnosed by accident. Literature regarding the coexistence of arachnoid cysts with psychiatric disorders is sparse. Here, we present a case who presented with a typical presentation of psychosis which was not enough for suspecting for an organic etiology.
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spelling pubmed-53857512017-05-17 Arachnoid Cyst and Psychosis: The Troublemaker or Innocent Bystander Das, Soumitra Kartha, Arjun Purushothaman, Sumesh Thoppil Rajan, Varun Indian J Psychol Med Case Report Organic underpinning of a psychotic disturbance is often missed. Arachnoid cysts are considered a rare neurological tumor, few of which exhibit any symptomatology. In most cases, they are diagnosed by accident. Literature regarding the coexistence of arachnoid cysts with psychiatric disorders is sparse. Here, we present a case who presented with a typical presentation of psychosis which was not enough for suspecting for an organic etiology. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5385751/ /pubmed/28515559 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.203107 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Indian Psychiatric Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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