Electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with a cerebellar meningioma.
We report a 66-year-old woman with a cerebellar meningioma who successfully received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for mania. No special modifications in technique were required. A growing literature supports the relative safety of ECT in patients with small, stable brain tumors.
McKinney
P A
PA
Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA.
Beale
M D
MD
Kellner
C H
CH
D000368:Aged; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome