An Arachnoid Cyst Case Presented with Neuropsychiatric Symptoms
Hülya Akar, Sıla Yazar, Erdoğan Özmen, Cahit Keskinkılıç, Nezih Eradamlar, Latif Alpkan
Article No:
8
Article Type :
Case Report
The relationship between structural brain lesions and mental disorders should be considered when formal diagnosis can not be possible. Arachnoid cysts generally asymptomatic express themselves with epileptic seizures, headache and focal neurologic findings when they are symptomatic. Arachnoid cysts may produce severe structural changes in brain when they exist since childhood. These structural changes may result in cognitive deficits, atypical psychiatric symptoms. Negative previous psychiatric history, negative family history and negative evident EEG pathology often present in these cases.
Keywords :
Arachnoid cyst, cognitive deficit, epileptic seizure
Dusunen Adam : The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences :
2004;17:238-243
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