title: Case study: suprasellar germinoma presenting with psychotic and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
abstract: This case describes a 13-year-old boy who had a suprasellar germinoma involving the bilateral basal ganglia. His presenting symptoms included left-sided weakness, diabetes insipidus, a decline in academic functioning as well as psychotic and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. His neuroradiological findings and clinical symptoms lend support to the potential role of the basal ganglia in psychotic and obsessive-compulsive symptomatology.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305-5719, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mordecai
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Mittelstadt
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Guterman
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Donaldson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001479:Basal Ganglia; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D018237:Germinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012658:Sella Turcica