title: Prospective electroconvulsive therapy in a delusional depressed patient with a frontal meningioma. A case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, SUNY, Stony Brook 11794.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mofson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fink
mesh_terms: 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