Mania resulting from brain stem tumor.
Mania usually represents one extreme of recurrent affective illness in patients with a genetic predisposition. Mania or hypomania is not generally known to signal the presence of an occult neoplasm; however, this possibility should be considered. The authors describe a 55-year-old man without personal or family history of affective disease whose manic behavior precipitated diagnosis of a metastatic mesencephalic tumor.
D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008636:Mesencephalon; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011013:Pneumonectomy