Prospective electroconvulsive therapy in a delusional depressed patient with a frontal meningioma. A case report.
The prospective, successful, use of ECT in a patient with a frontal meningioma is described. The authors review the literature on ECT in patients with brain tumours, and suggest factors predictive of a favourable outcome.
Greenberg
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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, SUNY, Stony Brook 11794.
Mofson
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Fink
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D000368:Aged; D003702:Delusions; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications*; D011446:Prospective Studies