Psychosomatics. 2010 May-Jun;51(3):267-70. doi: 10.1176/appi.psy.51.3.267.
Neuropsychiatric sequelae are common in primary and secondary brain tumors, with symptoms varying as a function of tumor type, location, and size.
The author presents a case of a 49-year-old woman with melanoma metastatic to the brain, in an effort to link lesions and complex olfactory and visual hallucinations.
The patient's history and clinical diagnostic procedures are presented.
A computerized tomographic scan showed lesions in the right parietal lobe, bilateral ring enhancing lesions, an enhancing lesion in the frontal lobes, and another lesion in the left temporal lobe.
The author discusses possible causal connections among lesions found and various complex symptoms.
神经精神后遗症在原发性和继发性脑肿瘤中很常见,症状随肿瘤类型、位置和大小的不同而变化。
作者报告了一例 49 岁女性患有黑色素瘤脑转移的病例,试图将病变与复杂的嗅觉和视觉幻觉联系起来。
呈现了患者的病史和临床诊断程序。
计算机断层扫描显示右顶叶有病变,双侧环形增强病变,额叶有增强病变,左颞叶有另一病变。
作者讨论了在发现的各种病变和各种复杂症状之间可能存在的因果联系。