Primary arachnoid cyst mimicking depressive symptoms in an elderly woman

Hester Boomkens; T.J.M. van der Cammen; F.U.S. Mattace Raso

doi:10.1017/S1041610210000670

Primary arachnoid cyst mimicking depressive symptoms in an elderly woman

Hester Boomkens, T.J.M. van der Cammen, F.U.S. Mattace Raso

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Abstract

We describe an 81-year old female patient who was seen at our outpatient clinic with a history of falls. The clinical diagnosis was concurrent with depressive symptoms, but an arachnoid cyst turned out to be the cause of her problems. The patient recovered completely after surgery.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)	832-833
Number of pages	2
Journal	International Psychogeriatrics
Volume	22
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610210000670
Publication status	Published - 2010

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