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Large falcine meningioma presented as treatment resistant depression : A case report

Large intracranial tumour may present only with psychiatric symptoms without any neurological deficits. Delay in surgical treatment may significantly affect the quality of life in these patients. We report a case of a young engineering student who was diagnosed as treatment-resistant depression wit...

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Main Authors: Sim, Sze Kiat, Khairul Aizad, Bin Adzman,, Lim, Swee San, Wong, Albert Sie Hieng
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Published: Malaysian Medical Association 2019
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spelling my.unimas.ir.249212021-04-27T14:04:46Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/24921/ Large falcine meningioma presented as treatment resistant depression : A case report Sim, Sze Kiat Khairul Aizad, Bin Adzman, Lim, Swee San Wong, Albert Sie Hieng R Medicine (General) Large intracranial tumour may present only with psychiatric symptoms without any neurological deficits. Delay in surgical treatment may significantly affect the quality of life in these patients. We report a case of a young engineering student who was diagnosed as treatment-resistant depression without initial neuroimaging study. Further neuroimaging studies revealed he has a large falcine meningioma. His psychiatric symptoms resolved following surgical resection of the tumour. We emphasized the importance of initial neuroimaging study in young patients presenting with psychiatric symptoms. Malaysian Medical Association 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/24921/1/khairul.pdf Sim, Sze Kiat and Khairul Aizad, Bin Adzman, and Lim, Swee San and Wong, Albert Sie Hieng (2019) Large falcine meningioma presented as treatment resistant depression : A case report. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 74 (1). pp. 87-89. ISSN 0300-5283 http://www.e-mjm.org/
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Sim, Sze Kiat
Khairul Aizad, Bin Adzman,
Lim, Swee San
Wong, Albert Sie Hieng
Large falcine meningioma presented as treatment resistant depression : A case report
description Large intracranial tumour may present only with psychiatric symptoms without any neurological deficits. Delay in surgical treatment may significantly affect the quality of life in these patients. We report a case of a young engineering student who was diagnosed as treatment-resistant depression without initial neuroimaging study. Further neuroimaging studies revealed he has a large falcine meningioma. His psychiatric symptoms resolved following surgical resection of the tumour. We emphasized the importance of initial neuroimaging study in young patients presenting with psychiatric symptoms.
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author Sim, Sze Kiat
Khairul Aizad, Bin Adzman,
Lim, Swee San
Wong, Albert Sie Hieng
author_facet Sim, Sze Kiat
Khairul Aizad, Bin Adzman,
Lim, Swee San
Wong, Albert Sie Hieng
author_sort Sim, Sze Kiat
title Large falcine meningioma presented as treatment resistant depression : A case report
title_short Large falcine meningioma presented as treatment resistant depression : A case report
title_full Large falcine meningioma presented as treatment resistant depression : A case report
title_fullStr Large falcine meningioma presented as treatment resistant depression : A case report
title_full_unstemmed Large falcine meningioma presented as treatment resistant depression : A case report
title_sort large falcine meningioma presented as treatment resistant depression : a case report
publisher Malaysian Medical Association
publishDate 2019
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/24921/1/khairul.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/24921/
http://www.e-mjm.org/
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