Meningioma in a chronic schizophrenic.
A patient with a 27 year history of schizophrenia is described. Post-mortem revealed the presence of a right sided parietal meningioma. It is possible that this lesion caused the schizophrenic symptoms and that earlier investigation might have led to removal of the lesion.
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications*; D010296:Parietal Lobe; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000209:etiology*