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Somatization Symptoms Are Related to Right-Hemispheric Primary Brain Tumor: A Population-Based Prospective Study of Tumor Patients in Northern Finland

Received April 19, 2007; revised August 23, 2007; accepted August 27, 2007. From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Oulu, Finland. Send correspondence and reprint requests to Arja Mainio, M.D., Ph.D., Oulu University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, P.O. Box 26 90029 OYS, Oulu, Finland. e-mail: arja.mainio{at}oulu.fi
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BACKGROUND: Somatization symptoms have been found to be early symptoms of tumor among brain tumor patients. OBJECTIVE: The authors followed patients through diagnosis of brain tumor and subsequent surgery. METHOD: Patients with a supratentorial tumor were given repeated measurements for somatization with the Crown-Crisp Experiential Index. RESULTS: Before tumor operation, the patients with a tumor in the right hemisphere had significantly higher somatic anxiety scores than those with a tumor located in the left hemisphere. The specific symptoms were dizziness and palpitation among patients with a right hemispheric tumor. CONCLUSION: It is important to remember possible very unusual causes behind somatization symptoms.

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