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. 1980 Feb;43(2):185–187. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.43.2.185

Catatonia with frontal lobe atrophy.

R L Ruff, L M Russakoff
PMCID: PMC490497  PMID: 7359156

Abstract

A middleaged woman with a four year history of behavioural change including episodes of catatonia is described. Despite a persistently abnormal electroencephalogram, the patient was diagnosed repeatedly as suffering from a primary psychiatric disorder. Neurological examination and psychological testing suggested frontal lobe dysfunction, which was confirmed by the finding of isolated frontal lobe atrophy on computed axial tomography.

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