Desseilles Martin, Thiry Jean-Christophe, Monville Jean-François, Ansseau Marc, Makhinson Michael
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Center of Liège, 13 avenue de l'Hôpital, Liège, Belgium.
J ECT. 2009 Mar;25(1):64-6. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3181729268.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been frequently considered relatively contraindicated in patients with space-occupying lesions in the brain. After the 7 cases available in the literature, we describe the safe use of ECT in a depressive patient with arachnoid cyst. We provide a comprehensive review on this clinical association, and we conclude that even if the few data available are reassuring, careful neurological evaluation before the ECT treatment is indicated.
