Frontal lobe tumor associated with late-onset seizure and psychosis: a case report.
This is a report of a 55-year-old woman with a 6-year history of uncontrollable complex partial seizure and severe delusion. A computed tomography (CT) brain scan showed a nonenhanced low density area with an ill-defined mass located at the right frontal lobe. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated an area of hyperintensity on T2-weighted images. After a tumorectomy, the patient gradually recovered from the seizures and delusion. A histological diagnosis showed a mixed oligoastrocytoma or dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNT). The clinical and pathological features of the tumor as well as its relation to psychosis were discussed.
Sato
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Department of Psychiatry, Saga Medical School, Japan.
Takeichi
M
M
Abe
M
M
Tabuchi
K
K
Hara
T
T
D001706:Biopsy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003702:Delusions / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D018302:Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / Q000473:pathology*; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed