Volume : 7, Issue : 7, July - 2018

Case report-Frontal lobe tumor Presenting Psychiatrically

Ankur Jyoti Borah, Sandip Das, Kangkana Boruah

Abstract :

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#2A2A2A">Pathology in frontal lobe drastically changes the personality of a patient as cognition, working memory ,judgment<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>is controlled by frontal lobe with unique<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>connectivity to deeper structures.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#2A2A2A"> Primary and metastatic ain tumors, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:black;background:white">may not produce any symptomsas frontal lobe tumors are notoriously silent until they are large in size.Patients with such tumors are often referred first to psychiatrists, due to sudden change of behavior and personality .<o:p></o:p></span></p>