Manic Attack in İschemic Stroke: Case Report | 1996, Volume 2 - Issue 1-2

Hayriye KÜÇÜKOĞLU, Ayten CEYHAN, Lütfü HANOĞLU, Sevim BAYBAŞ

Bakırköy Ruh ve Sinir Hastalıkları Hastanesi, 2.Nöroloji Kliniği, İstanbul

Keywords: Stroke, mania, frontal lob disfunction.

Abstract

It has been shown that affective disorders appearing during or after strokes are generallymajor or minor depression. Such depression occurs in % 30-50 of stroke patients. Frequently depression is associated with left cortical and left basal ganglia lesions.On the other hand mania is a rare complication of stroke and strongly associated with right hemisfer lesions. In this article, a case of post stroke mania is presented.