ECT in a patient with a frontal craniotomy and residual meningioma.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was used to treat a patient with a large left frontal craniotomy and remaining frontal meningioma. Treatment was successful and uneventful. ECT should be considered in the treatment of drug-resistant depressed patients with craniotomies and remaining tumor.
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Institute of Neurological Research Raúl Carrea, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D003399:Craniotomy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed