Psychotic behavior associated with cerebellar pathology.
This report concerns a 27-year-old man in whom psychotic behavior emerged in association with a cerebellar tumor. This presentation supports previous clinical observations which postulate an intimate relationship between cerebellar pathology and the development of schizophrenia.
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Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10461.
D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology