title: A compulsive collecting behavior following an A-com aneurysmal rupture.
abstract: Hoarding behavior associated with focal brain injury is rarely reported. The authors report a 46-year-old man with pathologic collecting behavior after a left orbitofrontal and caudate injury from an aneurysmal rupture of anterior communicating artery. His hoarding, an impulse control disorder or an ego-syntonic compulsion, was restricted to one specific item (toy bullet). Treatments with sertraline or fluoxetine were not effective for the hoarding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Hahm
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Cheong
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Na
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003192:Compulsive Behavior / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012421:Rupture / Q000503:physiopathology; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed