Refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder with symptoms regressing after thalamic infarction: A case report

GÖNENİR ERBAY L., ERBAY M. F., KAMIŞLI S., DEMİRBAY S., ÜNAL S.

NEUROLOGY INDIA, cilt.70, sa.1, ss.399-401, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 70 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4103/0028-3886.338703
  • Dergi Adı: NEUROLOGY INDIA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.399-401
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Cerebral infarction, obsessive compulsive disorder, thalamus, OCD
  • İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common neuropsychiatric disorder involving predominantly the cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical loop. Although it is usually associated with various disorders of basal ganglia and thalamus, it is difficult to say what kind of impairment causes this situation exactly. Structural brain lesions may be one of the rare causes of refractory psychiatric symptoms. Analysis of such type of cases gives an idea about the neurobiology of psychiatric diseases. In this manuscript, we presented a case of refractory OCD with symptoms regressing after thalamic infarction and discussed with relevant literature.