title: Arachnoid cyst as the cause of bipolar affective disorder: case report.
abstract: This report presents the course of diagnostic examinations and treatment of a 20-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder for which an organic basis was demonstrated. Computed tomography of the brain revealed an arachnoid cyst that was surgically treated. The patient underwent both psychiatric and neurosurgical treatment. After two-year follow-up and medicamentous treatment prescribed, the patient was symptom-free requiring no psychopharmacotherapy for the next 5.5 years. His overall life functioning is normal, with no signs of disease.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Psychiatry, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia. branka.vidrih@zg.t-com.hr
authors.forename: Branka
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vidrih
authors.forename: Dalibor
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karlović
authors.forename: Marija Bosnjak
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Pasić
mesh_terms: D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications*; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055815:Young Adult