Frontal lobe meningioma presenting as mania

Frontal meningiomas may present with psychological symptoms without any neurological signs. Diagnosis of frontal lobe tumours are often delayed due to the insidious nature of the symptoms and psychiatric symptoms being the initial presentation rather than neurological picture. We describe a patient...

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Main Authors:	S Mithun, Divya Hegde, Priya Sreedaran
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:	Archives of Mental Health
Subjects:	frontal lobe meningioma mania organicity
Online Access:	http://www.amhonline.org/article.asp?issn=2589-9171;year=2017;volume=18;issue=1;spage=66;epage=68;aulast=Mithun;type=0

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spelling	doaj-4fa0b8e70e3b4c3abdad8c2aa7671f9b2020-11-25T03:33:56ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsArchives of Mental Health2589-91712589-918X2017-01-011816668Frontal lobe meningioma presenting as maniaS MithunDivya HegdePriya SreedaranFrontal meningiomas may present with psychological symptoms without any neurological signs. Diagnosis of frontal lobe tumours are often delayed due to the insidious nature of the symptoms and psychiatric symptoms being the initial presentation rather than neurological picture. We describe a patient with right frontal lobe meningioma near the pre-motor area presenting with manic symptoms and persistent visual hallucinations. Organicity always needs to be ruled out despite patients present with only psychiatric complaints.http://www.amhonline.org/article.asp?issn=2589-9171;year=2017;volume=18;issue=1;spage=66;epage=68;aulast=Mithun;type=0frontal lobe meningiomamaniaorganicity
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spellingShingle	S Mithun Divya Hegde Priya Sreedaran Frontal lobe meningioma presenting as mania Archives of Mental Health frontal lobe meningioma mania organicity
author_facet	S Mithun Divya Hegde Priya Sreedaran
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title	Frontal lobe meningioma presenting as mania
title_short	Frontal lobe meningioma presenting as mania
title_full	Frontal lobe meningioma presenting as mania
title_fullStr	Frontal lobe meningioma presenting as mania
title_full_unstemmed	Frontal lobe meningioma presenting as mania
title_sort	frontal lobe meningioma presenting as mania
publisher	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series	Archives of Mental Health
issn	2589-9171 2589-918X
publishDate	2017-01-01
description	Frontal meningiomas may present with psychological symptoms without any neurological signs. Diagnosis of frontal lobe tumours are often delayed due to the insidious nature of the symptoms and psychiatric symptoms being the initial presentation rather than neurological picture. We describe a patient with right frontal lobe meningioma near the pre-motor area presenting with manic symptoms and persistent visual hallucinations. Organicity always needs to be ruled out despite patients present with only psychiatric complaints.
topic	frontal lobe meningioma mania organicity
url	http://www.amhonline.org/article.asp?issn=2589-9171;year=2017;volume=18;issue=1;spage=66;epage=68;aulast=Mithun;type=0
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Frontal lobe meningioma presenting as mania

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