An Experimental Study of Atypical Phantom Pain

Abstract

A case of craniopharyngioma and Korsakov psychosis is presented to emphasize the need to consider alternatives to alcoholism as the cause of Korsakov psychosis. Where mental symptoms present early with minimal endocrine changes the diagnosis is likely to be missed. In a case of clear-cut Korsakov psychosis without alcoholism or previous history of anoxia, a neoplastic cause should be presumed until disproved by full investigation and follow-up.