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Psychiatric presentation of frontal meningiomas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Sabina T Fahy ,
Teresa G Carey ,
John M Owens  and
Anthony P Owens
John M Owens
Affiliation:
St. Davnet's Hospital, Monaghan, Co Monaghan, Ireland
Anthony P Owens
Affiliation:
St Vincent's Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Abstract

Patients with frontal lobe meningioma may present to psychiatric services. Clinical diagnostic sensitivity, particularly in the absence of neurological signs, remains central to diagnosis.

Keywords

Frontal lobe syndromeMeningioma
Type
Clinical and Brief Reports
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , June 1995 , pp. 61 - 63
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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