Cerebellar arachnoid cyst in a firesetter: The weight of organic lesions in arson

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 202-206

  Heidrich, Anke ^a,b   Schmidtke, Armin ^a   Lesch, Klaus Peter ^a   Hofmann, Erich ^a   Becker, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Arson; Cerebellum; Pseudologia fantastica

Indexed keywords

ARSON; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; FIRESETTING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0030135503     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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