Compulsive polydipsia following meningioma resection: an epileptic phenomenon? Case report.

Rabinowicz, A L; Weiss, M H; DeGiorgio, C M · J Neurosurg · 1991

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

The authors report the case of an individual who developed compulsive polydipsia following resection of a left sphenoidal ridge meningioma. The episodic, stereotyped nature of his symptoms, response to treatment, and electroencephalographic and magnetic resonance imaging findings are all highly consistent with temporal lobe-onset epilepsy. The pathophysiology of this underrecognized phenomenon is discussed.

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