Affiliations 

  • 1 Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • 2 Hospital Pulau Pinang
ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, 2013;14(2):183-186.
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Abstract

Objective: This case report highlights psychosis post craniopharyngioma surgery.

Methods: We report a case of a young Malay lady who presented with psychotic symptoms after she underwent craniotomy for craniopharyngioma.

Results: Presence of prominent hallucinations and delusions after removal of the tumour and the symptoms lasted more than a month. The psychosis subsided with antipsychotic.

Conclusion: Psychosis post craniopharyngioma surgery is still possible whether possibly due to the residual tumour or as a result of treatment sequealae.