Panic attacks caused by temporal tumors: an exemplary new case and a review.
A patient is described with a ruptured temporal cavernous hemangioma clinically presenting with recurrent panic attacks mimicking panic disorder. The role of temporal lobe structures in the pathogenesis of anxiety spells is highlighted, reviewing the published cases of temporal tumors leading to panic attacks.
Kellner
M
M
Department of Psychiatry, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany.
Hirschmann
M
M
Wiedemann
K
K
D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012008:Recurrence; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology