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Acute-onset Mania in a Patient with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
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Acute-onset Mania in a Patient with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Kate N. Warren, Jhansi Katakam and Eduardo D. Espiridion
Curēus (Palo Alto, CA), v 11(8), 5436
20 Aug 2019
PMID: 31632882
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https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5436View
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Abstract

General & Internal Medicine Life Sciences & Biomedicine Medicine, General & Internal Science & Technology
Mania is a mood disorder characteristic of certain psychiatric conditions and is exhibited by high energy, elevated mood, irritability, insomnia, and pressured speech. Though commonly attributed to bipolar and schizoaffective disorders, mania may be precipitated by other non-psychiatric conditions, including substance abuse, medications, metabolic disturbance, and organic brain pathology. Steroid-induced mania is not uncommon and may present with a number of psychiatric symptoms. Brain tumors presenting with predominantly psychiatric symptoms are a relatively uncommon cause of mania and may persist or recede with treatment. A case of mania in a cancer patient with brain metastasis and steroid use, with no prior history of mania, is discussed herein.

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