Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior Disappearing after Left Capsular Genu Infarction

This case report describes a 74-year-old woman with obsessive-compulsive behaviors that disappeared following a left capsular genu infarction. The patient's capsular genu infarction likely resulted in thalamocortical disconnection in the cortico-basal ganglia-thalamocortical loop, which may hav...

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Autores principales: Oh, Ji-Hyang, Ahn, Bo-Young, Jo, Min-Kyung, Yoon, Yeo-Ju, Park, Kyu-Hyun, Na, Duk L., Kim, Eun-Joo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2011
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Published: January 2011
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3037989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21327181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000323667
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Sumario:This case report describes a 74-year-old woman with obsessive-compulsive behaviors that disappeared following a left capsular genu infarction. The patient's capsular genu infarction likely resulted in thalamocortical disconnection in the cortico-basal ganglia-thalamocortical loop, which may have caused the disappearance of her obsessive-compulsive symptoms. The fact that anterior capsulotomy has been demonstrated to be effective for treating refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder further supports this hypothesis.

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