Case Report
Cavernous Angioma of the Corpus Callosum Presenting with Acute Psychosis
Table 1
Patients with solitary mass lesion of corpus callosum presenting with psychiatric symptoms.
| Authors | Age, sex | Clinical features | Psychiatric diagnosis | Organic diagnosis | Treatment | Outcome |
| Durst and Rosca-Rebaudengo, 1988 [17] | 29, m | Acute anxiety and fear of shrinkage/retraction of the penis | Koro syndrome | Tumor of the genu | Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT) | Resolution of syndrome |
| Tanaghow et al., 1989 [18] | | | Depression | Tumor of anterior part | | |
| Fersten et al., 2001 [19] | | Disturbances of emotional-motivation processes, defects in cognitive functions | Affective and paranoid syndromes | PNET of anterior part | | |
| Present case | 48, f | Acute delirium with mystic content | Acute psychosis | Cavernous angioma of middle third | Gross total removal | Resolution of symptoms |
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