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ArticleBMC psychiatry2024

Depersonalization and derealization as sequelae of a temporal lobe lesion: a case report.

Jasmyn E A Cunningham, Caitlin S R Lees

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Article in BMC psychiatry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jasmyn E A CunninghamDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada. Jasmyn.cunningham@mail.utoronto.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-7067-8832
Caitlin S R LeesDivision of Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Dalhousie University · CA

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Abstract

backgroundDepersonalization and derealization can occur not just from psychiatric causes but also from various organic etiologies, such as seizures and intracerebral structural abnormalities. However, there have been no previous reported cases to the authors' knowledge detailing isolated depersonalization and derealization in the absence of clinical seizure activity or other psychiatric pathology, as sequelae of structural intracerebral lesions. CASE PRESENTATION: In this case report, we detail the unique presentation of a 68-year-old woman under the care of palliative medicine who experienced depersonalization and derealization secondary to a metastatic lesion in her temporal lobe, in the parahippocampal gyrus to medial occipitotemporal gyrus region. These symptoms were present in the absence of any clinical seizure activity or other psychiatric symptomatology and largely resolved with the use of steroidal therapy, before returning secondary to disease progression.

conclusionsWe discuss the relationship among isolated depersonalization and derealization with pathology of the left posterior temporal lobe in the context of this interesting case. This case expands our knowledge of the neurobiology of these phenomena, given the specific localization of the intracerebral pathology and temporal specificity of symptoms relative to tumor growth and treatment course.

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DepersonalizationTemporal LobeAgedDisease ProgressionFemaleHumansOccipital LobeSeizuresBrain metastasisBrain tumorCase reportDepersonalizationDerealizationDissociationLung cancerPalliative careTemporal lobe

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