Panic attacks caused by temporal tumors: an exemplary new case and a review.

  • M Kellner
  • M Hirschmann
  • Klaus Wiedemann

Abstract

A patient is described with a ruptured temporal cavernous hemangioma clinically presenting with recurrent panic attacks mimicking panic disorder. The role of temporal lobe structures in the pathogenesis of anxiety spells is highlighted, reviewing the published cases of temporal tumors leading to panic attacks.

Bibliografische Daten

OriginalspracheDeutsch
Aufsatznummer5
ISSN1091-4269
StatusVeröffentlicht - 1996
pubmed 9167792