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Psychiatric presentation of frontal meningiomas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

John M Owens
Affiliation:
St. Davnet's Hospital, Monaghan, Co Monaghan, Ireland
Anthony P Owens
Affiliation:
St Vincent's Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland

Abstract

Patients with frontal lobe meningioma may present to psychiatric services. Clinical diagnostic sensitivity, particularly in the absence of neurological signs, remains central to diagnosis.

Type
Clinical and Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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