Acquired obsessive-compulsive disorder associated with basal ganglia lesions.
The authors report 5 cases of acquired obsessive-compulsive disorder occurring later in life. Patients' presentations, which could be readily mistaken for a delusional disorder, were associated with depressive symptoms and basal ganglia lesions, implicating dysfunction of the cortical-basal ganglia-thalamic-cortical neuroanatomical circuit.
Chacko
R C
RC
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Corbin
M A
MA
Harper
R G
RG
D000368:Aged; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales