Obsessive-compulsive symptomatology in normal pressure hydrocephalus: a case report.
This report describes a patient with a DSM-III-R diagnosis of obsessive compulsive disorder and a nuclear magnetic resonance picture of a normal pressure hydrocephalus. After neurosurgery, the patient showed marked improvement in his compulsions which previously had shown little response to pharmacological treatment.
Abbruzzese
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Department of Biomedical and Technological Sciences, University of Milan Medical School, Italy.
Scarone
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Colombo
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D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006850:Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011859:Radiography; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt