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PRE-OPERATIVE AND POST-OPERATIVE PSYCHIATRIC MANIFESTATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH SUPRATENTORIAL MENINGIOMAS

Highlights • Meningiomas, although extra-axial, cause psychiatric symptoms in 35.1% of patients. • Frontal and temporal meningiomas more often cause psychiatric abnormalities. • Large meningiomas with extensive peritumoral edema cause more psychiatric symptoms. • Some of the psychiatric symptoms res...

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Published in:Clinical neurology and neurosurgery 2016-08, Vol.147, p.24-29
Main Authors: Bommakanti, Kalyan, Gaddamanugu, Padmaja, Alladi, Suvarna, Purohit, Aniruddh Kumar, Chadalawadi, Santoshi Kumari, Mekala, Shailaja, Somayajula, Shanmukhi
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Summary:Highlights • Meningiomas, although extra-axial, cause psychiatric symptoms in 35.1% of patients. • Frontal and temporal meningiomas more often cause psychiatric abnormalities. • Large meningiomas with extensive peritumoral edema cause more psychiatric symptoms. • Some of the psychiatric symptoms respond well and some are refractory to surgery.
ISSN:0303-8467
1872-6968
DOI:10.1016/j.clineuro.2016.05.018