Manic Attack in İschemic Stroke: Case ReportHayriye KÜÇÜKOĞLU, Ayten CEYHAN, Lütfü HANOĞLU, Sevim BAYBAŞ
Bakırköy Ruh ve Sinir Hastalıkları Hastanesi, 2.Nöroloji Kliniği, İstanbul
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. Keywords: Stroke, mania, frontal lob disfunction.
Hayriye KÜÇÜKOĞLU, Ayten CEYHAN, Lütfü HANOĞLU, Sevim BAYBAŞ. Manic Attack in İschemic Stroke: Case Report. Turk J Neurol. 1996; 2(1): 56-57
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