Abstract
Structural lesions of the basal ganglia may lead to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). We report a 31-year-old woman who developed OCD after a previously asymptomatic left caudate intracerebral cavernous malformation (ICM) hemorrhaged. Her neurologic examination was normal. Her OCD required hospitalization and improved with medication and therapy. The pathophysiology of this psychiatric disorder probably reflects a frontal cortex deafferentation mechanism. In patients with known ICM, any abrupt change in neurologic or psychiatric symptoms should prompt repeat imaging to assess for hemorrhage.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 398-399 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Journal of Clinical Neuroscience |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 1 2015 |
Keywords
- Cavernoma
- Cavernous malformation
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
- Psychiatric
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology
- Physiology (medical)