title: Single photon emission computed tomography imaging in obsessive-compulsive disorder and for stereotactic bilateral anterior cingulotomy.
abstract: In conclusion, the present study suggests that SPECT, using a sophisticated SPM analysis method, may be useful as a potential diagnostic tool for OCD and a possible predictor of treatment outcome for OCD patients undergoing bilateral anterior cingulotomy. The anterior cingulate gyrus seems to be an important structure in the pathogenesis of OCD symptoms. Furthermore, our operative technique of anterior cingulotomy, featuring a larger lesion, seems to be effective in ameliorating the symptoms of OCD without causing any serious complications.
authors.affiliation: BK21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jchang@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
authors.forename: Jin Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Chan Hyung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jong Doo
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sang Sup
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006179:Gyrus Cinguli / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon