Effective treatment with low-dose fluvoxamine for obsessive-compulsive disorder after neurosurgery: a case report.
We report the case of a 19-year-old woman who had developed obsessive-compulsive disorder after a hemorrhagic infarct in the left caudate nucleus after neurosurgery. Four years after the operation, her obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms showed a remarkable reduction within a week of starting low-dose fluvoxamine, without any behavioral or psychological treatment.
Kunitake
Yutaka
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Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga, Japan. kunitake@cc.saga-u.ac.jp
Hurukawa
Yuzo
Y
Yamada
Shigeto
S
D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D016666:Fluvoxamine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D009770:Obsessive Behavior / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D055815:Young Adult
D016666:Fluvoxamine; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors