Electroconvulsive Therapy and Asymptomatic Meningioma.
An elderly depressed female patient, who tolerated antidepressant drugs poorly, was found to have a small and asymptomatic meningioma before she was given electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). She received seven bilateral ECTs without neurological deterioration and had a good clinical result.
Malek-Ahmadi
Parviz
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Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, USA.
Sedler
Ross R.
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