Personality changes associated with thalamic infiltration

David H. Gutmann; Robert I. Grossman; Joan E. Mollman

doi:10.1007/BF00177359

Personality changes associated with thalamic infiltration

David H. Gutmann, Robert I. Grossman, Joan E. Mollman

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Abstract

Mood and behavioral changes have been reported in patients with thalamic tumors. We report a case in which an infiltrating mass lesion of both thalami was manifested by an alteration in personality with relative motor and sensory sparing. These personality changes, unlike many such cases reported in the literature, were not related to increased intracranial pressure and hydrocephalus. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated the lesion that was subtle and nearly inapparent on contrast-enhanced computerized tomography (CT).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	263-267
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Neuro-Oncology
Volume	8
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00177359
State	Published - Jun 1 1990

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personality changes
thalamus
tumor infiltration

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