Obsessive compulsive disorder following left middle cerebral artery infarct.
A case of a 37-year-old male who developed compulsive washing after a massive infarct involving the left middle cerebral artery, is described. Although an obsessive compulsive disorder can occur following neurological disorders,there have been no previous reports of it occurring following a middle cerebral artery infarct.
Woodbridge Hospital and the Institute of Mental Health, Singapore.
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D000328:Adult; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000209:etiology*