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Case report: Frontal lobe tumor presenting as late onset depression
Author(s) -
Goodman Adam J.,
Kumar Anand
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.930070512
Subject(s) - frontal lobe , depression (economics) , melancholia , psychology , family history , history of depression , psychiatry , medicine , surgery , anxiety , cognition , economics , macroeconomics
A 64‐year‐old female with no past psychiatric history presented with a two‐month history of depressive symptoms. She met DSM‐III‐R criteria for major depressive episode with melancholia. Physical exam revealed a left‐sided Horner's syndrome, and MRI scan of the brain revealed large bilateral frontal lobe masses that were neurologically silent. This case demonstrates that intracranial tumors can present as late onset depression without significant accompanying neurologic deficits.