Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-t7fkt Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-25T20:07:24.190Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Bipolar Disorder and Cerebral Sarcoidosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Declan McLoughlin  and
Patrick McKeon
Declan McLoughlin*
Affiliation:
St Patrick's Hospital, Dublin 8, Republic of Ireland
Patrick McKeon
Affiliation:
St Patrick's Hospital, Dublin 8
*
* Correspondence
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

A 40-year-old man suffered both a short-term memory defect and bipolar mood disorder. It is postulated that both conditions are due to progressive cerebral sarcoidosis affecting the limbic system. The need for early detection and treatment is emphasised.

Type
Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 3 , March 1991 , pp. 410 - 413
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Delaney, P. (1977) Neurologic manifestations in sarcoidosis. Annals of Internal Medicine, 87, 336–345.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Hall, C. W. Popkin, M. K. Stickney, S. K. et al (1979) Presentation of the steroid psychoses. Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, 167, 229–236.Google Scholar
Ho, S. U. Barenberg, R. A. Kim, K. S. et al (1979) Sarcoid encephalopathy with diffuse inflammation and focal hydrocephalus shown by sequential CT. Neurology, 29, 1161–1165.Google Scholar
Hook, O. (1954) Sarcoidosis with involvement of the nervous system. Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, 71, 554–575.Google Scholar
Jeste, D. V. Lohr, J. B. & Goodwin, F. K. (1988) Neuroanatomical studies of major affective disorders: a review and suggestions for further research. British Journal of Psychiatry, 153, 444–459.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Lishman, W. A. (1987) Organic Psychiatry: The Psychological Consequences of Cerebral Disorder (2nd edn). London: Blackwell Scientific.Google Scholar
Malarkey, W. B. & Kataris, Y. P. (1974) Sarcoidosis and hyperprolactinaemia. Annals of Internal Medicine, 81, 116.Google Scholar
Marsden, C. D. (1987) Neurological disorders due to physical agents. In Oxford Textbook of Medicine (eds Weatherall, D. J. et al). Oxford: Oxford Medical Publications.Google Scholar
Neville, E. Walker, A. N. & James, D. G. (1984) Prognostic factors depicting the outcome of sarcoidosis: an analysis of 818 patients. Quarterly Journal of Medicine, 52, 525–533.Google Scholar
Oksanen, V. & Salmi, T. (1986) Visual and auditory evoked potentials in the early diagnosis and follow-up of neurosarcoidosis. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 74, 38–42.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Pentland, B. Mitchell, J. D. Cull, R. E. et al (1985) Central nervous system sarcoidosis. Quarterly Journal of Medicine, 56, 457–465.Google Scholar
Silverstein, A. Fever, M. M. & Silverstein, L. E. (1965) Neurological sarcoidosis. Archives of Neurology, 12, 1–11.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Stern, B. J. Krumholz, A. Johns, C. et al (1985) Sarcoidosis and its neurological manifestations. Archives of Neurology, 42, 909–917.Google Scholar
Stuart, C. A. Neelon, F. A. & Lebowit, H. E. (1980) Disordered control of thirst in hypothalamic-pituitary sarcoidosis. New England Journal of Medicine, 303, 1078–1082.Google Scholar
Thompson, C. & Checkley, S. (1981) Short-term memory deficit in a patient with cerebral sarcoidosis. British Journal of Psychiatry, 139, 160–161.Google Scholar
Submit a response

eLetters

No eLetters have been published for this article.