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Thread ID: 8570 | Posts: 2 | Started: 2003-07-29
2003-07-29 21:36 | User Profile
Tumour removal ends man's sexual deviance Growth pressing area of brain governing judgment: scientist
Mary Vallis
National Post, with files from The Associated Press
Tuesday, July 29, 2003 ADVERTISEMENT
WASHINGTON - It began as a penchant for pornography. Soon he was scouring the Internet for provocative photos of children. Then he asked his prepubescent stepdaughter for sexual favours, was diagnosed with pedophilia and convicted of child molestation.
The night before his sentencing, a 40-year-old man turned up in an emergency room in Charlottesville, Va., with a headache, saying he feared he might rape his landlady and kill himself.
Dr. Russell Swerdlow, a neurologist, quickly suspected the man's problems went well beyond pedophilia and the stress of his impending incarceration.
An MRI revealed a tumour the size of a golf ball pushing against his brain.
When surgeons removed it, the man's lewd behaviour and urges for sexual contact with children disappeared.
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2003-08-02 02:33 | User Profile
I wonder how may cases of homosexual perversion can be attributed to simmilar causes.