Obsessive compulsive disorder in a woman with left basal ganglia infarct: A case report

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Lopez-Rodriguez, Faustino^; | Gunay, Ibrahim | Glaser, Nancy

Affiliations: Department of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine, NPI&H, 740 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA

Note: [] Correspondence to: Faustino Lopez-Rodriguez at above address

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Obsessive compulsive disorder, Stroke

DOI: 10.3233/BEN-1997-102-308

Journal: Behavioural Neurology, vol. 10, no. 2-3, pp. 101-103, 1997