Abstract:AimsBipolar disorder is one of the most common psychiatric illness, however the neurophysiologic basis remains unknown. Lateral ventriculomegaly is a well-recognized finding in bipolar disorder. Multiple-episode patients exhibited significantly greater ventricular volumes than first-episode patients. Traumatic brain injury is also an independent risk factor for the development of mania.We present to you a case where a patient with mania had the above mentioned risk factor and finding.Methods40 year old married… Show more
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