Affiliations 

  • 1 Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Sarawak Malaysia. [email protected]
  • 2 Sarawak General Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Sarawak, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 2019 02;74(1):87-89.
PMID: 30846670

Abstract

Large intracranial tumour may present only with psychiatric symptoms without any neurological deficits. Delay in surgical treatment may significantly affect the quality of life in these patients. We report a case of a young engineering student who was diagnosed as treatment-resistant depression without initial neuroimaging study. Further neuroimaging studies revealed he has a large falcine meningioma. His psychiatric symptoms resolved following surgical resection of the tumour. We emphasized the importance of initial neuroimaging study in young patients presenting with psychiatric symptoms.

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