Archives of Neurology And Psychiatry · 1935 · 43 citations · 1 references
MedicineNeurologyPsychiatryNeuro-oncologyNeuropathologyNeuropsychiatryBrain TumorsCentral Nervous System TumorsCognitive SymptomsFrontal Lobe SyndromesMental IllnessPsychiatric DiagnosisBrain Tumor DiagnosisBrain Tumor PathologyFrontal Lobe LesionsHistologic ExaminationNeurologic Function
The purpose of this investigation was to ascertain: (1) the frequency and nature of mental symptoms in cases of tumor involving the frontal lobe; (2) their diagnostic value as localizing symptoms and (3) whether there are any definite determining factors in their production. The study was based on personal observations on eighty-five cases, in sixty-two of which the diagnosis was verified at necropsy and in twenty-three by operation. Seventy-five were observed in the neurologic service of the Mount Sinai Hospital and ten at the Montefiore Hospital. The location of the tumors and their histologic nature are shown in the accompanying table. Abnormal mental reactions play an important role in the symptomatology of tumor of the frontal lobe. The reactions may occur at any time in the course of the disease. In many cases they are the earliest and in some the first symptoms of the disease, preceding by weeks, months
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