Psychiatric aspects of brain tumors: A review

Table 5 Brain tumors and personality changes[41]

Ref.	Psychiatric symptoms	Tumor location	Tumor type	Remarks
Lajara-Nanson[100], 2000	Personality changes and hypersexual behavior	Ventricular	Ventricular cyst	Improvement with surgery
Paul et al[101], 2000	Personality changes, memory impairment, poor concentration	Extramedullary with infiltration of the cerebral dura	Plasmacytoma
Fahy et al[102], 1995	Frontal lobe symptoms in absence of neurological signs	Frontal	Meningioma
Jones[103], 1993	Personality changes, aggressive behavior, and emotional lability	Ventricular	Ventricular cysts	Improvement with surgery
Fulton et al[55], 1992	Personality changes, walking difficulties, incontinence, neurologic signs	Frontal lobe	Multiple metastases	Poor response to steroid treatment
Fulton et al[55], 1992	Bizarre, disinhibited behavior, neurologic signs	Multiple left orbito-frontal and right thalamus	Astrocytoma	Poor response to steroid treatment
Fulton et al[55], 1992	Withdrawn, inappropriate behavior, neurologic signs	Bifrontal	Unknown	Poor response to steroid treatment
Lobosky[104], 1984	Personality changes and emotional lability	Ventricular	Ventricular cysts	Improvement with surgery
Barbizet et al[66], 1982	Rage attacks, Bulimia, uninhibited and brutal sexual behavior, periods of depression with suicide attempts	Fronto-temporal	Astrocytoma

Adapted from Trends in Brain Cancer Research. New York: Nova Science Publishers Inc., 2006.