1.Treatment-emergent hypomania or bipolar disorder? a case report
Yin Ping Ng ; Saminah Md Kassim ; T Maniam
ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry 2013;14(2):1-4
This case report highlights the clinical dilemmas encountered in deciding the diagnostic status of persons with unipolar depression who develop hypomania
during antidepressant/ electroconvulsive therapy. Methods: We report a case of a 52 year-old Chinese lady, diagnosed with unipolar depression, which developed
hypomania after she was started on T. Fluvoxamine 100mg daily and completed 8 sessions of Electroconvulsive therapy. Results: Her diagnosis was revised to Bipolar
Disorder and she was treated with T. Sodium Valproate 400mg twice daily after which she improved. Conclusion: Treatment-emergent hypomania is likely a
subtype of bipolar spectrum disorder and patients with Treatment – emergent Hypomania should be treated as Bipolar Disorder.
2.Psychosis post craniotomy for craniopharyngioma
Siti Rohana Abdul Hadi ; Saminah Md Kassim ; Suriati Mohamed Saini
ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry 2013;14(2):1-4
This case report highlights psychosis post craniopharyngioma surgery.
Methods: We report a case of a young Malay lady who presented with psychotic
symptoms after she underwent craniotomy for craniopharyngioma. Results:
Presence of prominent hallucinations and delusions after removal of the tumour and
the symptoms lasted more than a month. The psychosis subsided with antipsychotic.
Conclusion: Psychosis post craniopharyngioma surgery is still possible whether
possibly due to the residual tumour or as a result of treatment sequealae.