Anterior Tumour of the Corpus Callosum with Atypical Depression

1 December 1989

journal article
case report
Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry

Vol. 155 (6) , 854-856
https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.155.6.854

Abstract

We report a patient with an anteriorly placed tumour of the corpus callosum presenting with primarily depressive symptoms, without any associated neurological abnormality. It is important to be alert to the possibility of an organic cause to depression.

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