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Psychiatric Presentation of a Third Ventricular Colloid Cyst in a Mentally Handicapped Woman

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Alison M. Jones
Alison M. Jones*
Affiliation:
Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, Dundee DD2 5NF
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Abstract

A 42-year-old mentally handicapped woman presented with symptoms of affective disorder which resolved completely on excision of a colloid cyst of the third ventricle.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 163 , Issue 5 , November 1993 , pp. 677 - 678
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1993 

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