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20357670

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-11-24
pubmed:abstractText
Little is known about the safety of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in patients with brain tumors, especially in patients with acoustic neuroma, which is difficult to diagnose early. For patients with somatoform disorder, physicians may alter the sensitivity to the somatic complaints, making it even more difficult to make an early diagnosis of "silent" brain tumors. This report describes a rare case involving treatment of refractory major depression and somatoform disorder that developed into increased intracranial pressure after ECT, possibly due to an undiagnosed acoustic neuroma. It is suggested that for patients with refractory major depression with somatoform disorders, the threshold of suspicion for silent tumors should be lowered and pre-ECT brain imaging study should be performed, specifically when the pattern of symptoms of the central nervous system-related somatoform syndrome changes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1533-4112
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
330-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Acoustic neuroma identified after electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with recurrent major depression and undifferentiated somatoform disorder.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and Medical College, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't