title: [Intracranial space-occupying processes in psychiatry--30 years' of clinico-neuropathologic catamnesis].
abstract: Despite declining frequency of postmortem examinations in mental hospitals no corresponding decline in the proportion of intracranial space-occupying lesions is observed in a 30-years retrospective study. 77.5% of these lesions were meningiomas, gliomas, metastases, and subdural haematomas. 70.4% of all 71 patients had major psychiatric abnormalities during the clinical course. In 58% of these patients no clinical diagnosis of intracranial space-occupying process was made. Reasons for the diagnostic delay and for the postmortem results are discussed. The significance of psychopathological change in the group of long-term residents in mental hospitals is stressed.
authors.affiliation: Rheinische Landesklinik--Psychiatrische Klinik, Universität Düsseldorf.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vieregge
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gerhard
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Reinhardt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Intrakranielle raumfordernde Prozesse in der Psychiatrie--dreissigjährige klinisch-neuropathologische Katamnese.