Obsessive compulsive disorder in a woman with left basal ganglia infarct: A case report.
This report presents a syndrome resembling obsessive convulsive disorder (OCD) secondary to a stroke in the left basal ganglia. The patient's syndrome is virtually identical to those that have been described in bilateral damage of the basal ganglia. However, the stroke described in this case report is located unilaterally in the left basal ganglia. In addition, experience in treating a patient with OCD induced by structural damage of basal ganglia is presented.
Department of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine, NPI&H, 740 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.
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Lopez-Rodriguez
Department of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine, NPI&H, 740 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.
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Gunay
Department of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine, NPI&H, 740 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.
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Glaser
Obsessive compulsive disorder; Stroke