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

Depress Anxiety. 1996;4(5):243-5. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6394(1996)4:5<243::AID-DA7>3.0.CO;2-E.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Brain Neoplasms / complications*
  • Brain Neoplasms / physiopathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / complications*
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Panic Disorder / etiology*
  • Panic Disorder / physiopathology
  • Recurrence
  • Temporal Lobe* / physiopathology