Psikotik Bulgularla ve Epilepsi Nübetleri ile Seyreden Bir Frontal Astrositom Olgusunda Elektrokonvülsiv Tedavi
Başak Özçelık, Serhat Çıtak, Tamer Aker, İsmail Küçükali, Cem Ataklı, Sahap Erkoç
Article No:
4
Article Type :
Research
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was used to treat a drug-resistant psychotic patient with seizures related to a left frontal astrocytoma. In our case there were no signs of increased intracranial pressure. The symptorns such as agression, violance, sudden outbursts of anger were successfully controlled with (ECT) without any complications.
Keywords :
Brain tumors, treatment-resistant agression, ECT
Dusunen Adam : The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences :
2000;13:24-28
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