Reversal of preoperative catatonic state by surgical resection of an adult-onset Craniopharyngioma : Case report and review of the literature

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-71

  Massengale, Justin ^a   Tafti, Bashir Akhavan ^a   Large, Lisa ^b   Skirboll, Stephen ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Catatonia; Craniopharyngioma; Resection

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BENZATROPINE MESILATE; CORTICOSTEROID; HALOPERIDOL; LITHIUM; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; SODIUM; VALPROIC ACID; VASOPRESSIN; ZIPRASIDONE; HORMONE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CRANIOTOMY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EVENING DOSAGE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPERREFLEXIA; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOXIA; INTUBATION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MORNING DOSAGE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; OSTEOTOMY; PARANOIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; BLOOD; BRAIN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS;

BRAIN; CATATONIA; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LORAZEPAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 67049087017     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0b013e318192cc9e     Document Type: Article

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