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To function effectively as primary care specialists, psychiatrists must remain ever alert to the possibility of organic disorders in patients who at first show only psychiatric symptoms. A case is presented in which hysterical overlay led to misdiagnosis in a 31 year woman, who dies of a diffuse medullary glioma 3 1/2 years after onset of "conversion" symptoms. The authors point out how the label "hysterical" clouds longitudinal objective diagnostic observations especially when initial clinical and laboratory data fail to support a definitive organic diagnosis.
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PMID:Hysterical symptoms masking brain stem glioma. 20 23

This case study of an adult with a medullary glioma documents the potential for brainstem lesions to present solely with symptoms of abnormal gastrointestinal motor function. The case illustrates the potential of manometric and scintigraphic techniques in confirming the presence of organic disease in patients with unexplained vomiting.
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PMID:Brainstem tumor presenting as an upper gut motility disorder. 405 33