Manic psychosis in a patient with multiple metastatic brain tumors.
A 45-year-old man, with neither previous psychiatric dysfunction nor a family history of manic-depressive illness, developed a manic psychosis coincident with the growth of 4 metastatic tumors in the right cerebral hemisphere. The psychosis responded well to treatment with lithium even though the metastatic lesions could not by eradicated with surgery or radiation.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous
D008094:Lithium