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Electroconvulsive therapy for medication-refractory depression in a patient with ruptured intracranial dermoid cyst, meningioma, and neurofibromatosis

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is considered relatively contraindicated in patients with intracranial space-occupying lesions. A 53-year-old male presented with a 5-year history of medication-refractory major depressive disorder. Brain imaging findings suggested the presence of a ruptured dermoid c...

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Autores principales: Thukral-Mahajan, Priyanka, Shah, Nilesh, Kalra, Gurvinder, Andrade, Chittaranjan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5806331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29497194
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_216_17