Cerebral Metastasis Masquerading as Late Onset Depression- A Case Report
Senjam Gojendra Singh, N. Heramani Singh, L. Nelson, N. Biplob Singh, K. Shantibala Devi, L. Roshan Singh
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Singh SG, Singh NH, Nelson L, Singh NB, Devi KS, Singh LR. Cerebral Metastasis Masquerading as Late Onset Depression- A Case Report. 2010; 13 (1-2):116-118.
A case of a 63 year-old woman with no past psychiatric illness presented with 5 months history of depressive symptoms but minimal neurological signs and symptoms is discussed. She met the ICD-10 diagnostic criteria of depressive disorder. Chest radiograph revealed a radio-opaque lesion and CT scan brain showed a large frontal lobe mass that was neurologically silent. This case demonstrates that intracranial metastasis can manifest as late onset depression without significant accompanying neurological deficits.
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