tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa học: " Arachnoid cyst in a patient with psychosis: Case report"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Arachnoid cyst in a patient with psychosis: Case report. | Annals of General Psychiatry BioMed Central Open Access Arachnoid cyst in a patient with psychosis Case report Joaquim Alves da Silva 1 Alexandra Alves2 Miguel Talina1 Susana Carreiro2 João Guimarães3 and Miguel Xavier1 Address 1Depart. Psychiatry and Mental Health Faculty Medical Sciences - UNL Canada da Tapada 155 1300-Lisbon Portugal 2Depart. Psychiatry - Hospital S. Francisco Xavier 1400-Lisbon Portugal and 3Depart. Neurology Faculty Medical Sciences - Hospital Egas Moniz 1400-Lisbon Portugal Email Joaquim Alves da Silva - jalvesdasilva@ Alexandra Alves - analexandralves@ Miguel Talina - migtalina@ Susana Carreiro - svcarreiro@ João Guimarães - Miguel Xavier - xavierm@ Corresponding author Published 28 June 2007 Received 22 January 2007 Annals of General Psychiatry 2007 6 16 doi 1744-859X-6-16 Accepted 28 June 2007 This article is available from http content 6 1 16 2007 da Silva et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ Background The aetiology of a psychotic disturbance can be due to a functional or organic condition. Organic aetiologies are diverse and encompass organ failures infections nutritional deficiencies and space-occupying lesions. Arachnoid cysts are rare benign space-occupying lesions formed by an arachnoid membrane containing cerebrospinal fluid CSF . In most cases they are diagnosed by accident. Until recently the coexistence of arachnoid cysts with psychiatric disturbances had not been closely covered in the literature. However the appearance of some references that focus on a possible .