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World J Psychiatr. Sep 22, 2015; 5(3): 273-285
Published online Sep 22, 2015. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v5.i3.273
Table 5 Brain tumors and personality changes[41]
Ref.Psychiatric symptomsTumor locationTumor typeRemarks
Lajara-Nanson[100], 2000Personality changes and hypersexual behaviorVentricularVentricular cystImprovement with surgery
Paul et al[101], 2000Personality changes, memory impairment, poor concentrationExtramedullary with infiltration of the cerebral duraPlasmacytoma
Fahy et al[102], 1995Frontal lobe symptoms in absence of neurological signsFrontalMeningioma
Jones[103], 1993Personality changes, aggressive behavior, and emotional labilityVentricularVentricular cystsImprovement with surgery
Fulton et al[55], 1992Personality changes, walking difficulties, incontinence, neurologic signsFrontal lobeMultiple metastasesPoor response to steroid treatment
Fulton et al[55], 1992Bizarre, disinhibited behavior, neurologic signsMultiple left orbito-frontal and right thalamusAstrocytomaPoor response to steroid treatment
Fulton et al[55], 1992Withdrawn, inappropriate behavior, neurologic signsBifrontalUnknownPoor response to steroid treatment
Lobosky[104], 1984Personality changes and emotional labilityVentricularVentricular cystsImprovement with surgery
Barbizet et al[66], 1982Rage attacks, Bulimia, uninhibited and brutal sexual behavior, periods of depression with suicide attemptsFronto-temporalAstrocytoma