Citation

Tonkonogy JM, Geller JL. J. Neuropsychiatry Clin. Neurosci. 1992; 4(1): 45-50.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, American Neuropsychiatric Association, Publisher American Psychiatric Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1627961

Abstract

The authors present two cases of patients with craniopharyngiomas who meet the DSM-III-R criteria for intermittent explosive disorder. Episodes of rage developed before and/or after surgery for removal of the craniopharyngioma. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed hypothalamic-hypophyseal involvement. It is suggested that hypothalamic lesions played a major role in the development of aggressive behavior in both cases.

Language: en