Obsessive-compulsive disorder secondary to a right parietal lobe haemorrhage: a case report.
This case report presents a 39-year-old previously healthy man, who presented with typical obsessive-compulsive disorder and neurological symptoms and was found to have a right parietal lobe haemorrhage. His psychiatric and neurological recovery was associated with a complete radiological resolution. This report is consistent with recent imaging studies implicating the parietal lobe in the pathogenesis of obsessive-compulsive disorder and adds haemorrhage to the list of organic cerebral lesions causally associated with this disorder.
Roś
Leszek Tomasz
LT
Central University Teaching Hospital With a Polyclinic, Armed Forces School of Medicine, Independent Public Health Care Institution, Warszawa, Poland. leszek.ros@wp.pl
Podgórski
Jan Krzysztof
JK
D000328:Adult; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D054022:Cerebrum / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020280:Sertraline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors; D020280:Sertraline