Primary arachnoid cyst mimicking depressive symptoms in an elderly woman
August 2010
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volume 22, issue 5 pp 832-833.
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We describe an 81-year old female patient who was seen at our outpatient clinic with a history of falls. The clinical diagnosis was concurrent with depressive symptoms, but an arachnoid cyst turned out to be the cause of her problems. The patient recovered completely after surgery.
Keywords
- article
- female
- human
- aged
- dizziness
- psychologic assessment
- falling
- depression
- neurologic disease
- perioperative period
- case report
- outpatient department
- elderly
- memory disorder
- disorientation
- arachnoid cyst
- attention disturbance
- bradyphrenia
- depressive symptoms
- fenestration
- hippocampus
- left hemisphere
- medical history
- mini mental state examination
- nuclear magnetic
- reflex disorder
- resonance imaging
- short term memory
- skull surgery
