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Severe disinhibition due to injuries of neural tracts related to emotion circuit in a patient with traumatic brain injury: A case report
RATIONALE: Approximately 30% of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) develop disinhibition, a condition that involves several brain structures, including the amygdala, orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). Using diffusion tensor tractography (DTT), we report on a pat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6392766/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29384946 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000009493 |
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description | RATIONALE: Approximately 30% of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) develop disinhibition, a condition that involves several brain structures, including the amygdala, orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). Using diffusion tensor tractography (DTT), we report on a patient with severe disinhibition and injuries of the amygdala, OFC, and ACC following TBI. PATIENT CONCERNS: A 27-year-old male patient suffered an in-car accident. DIAGNOSES: Since the onset of the TBI, the patient showed severe disinhibition including violence, as follows: 1) he sometimes attacked therapists and nurses with no provocation, 2) while he was laying on a bed, he shouted and kicked the bed when asked questions, and 3) during therapy with a difficult task, he behaved violently to a therapist. The subscale of disinhibition in Neuropsychiatric Inventory scored three points for severity and for distress. INTERVENTIONS: N/A. Outcomes: On 10-month DTT, the connectivity of amygdala to the prefrontal cortex including the medial prefrontal cortex and OFC had decreased in both hemispheres. In the prefronto-thalamic tracts, the orbitofronto-thalamic tractshad narrowed (the right hemisphere), and were non-reconstructed (the left hemisphere). Discontinuations of both anterior cingulums were observed in both hemispheres. LESSONS: Using DTT, concurrent injuries of the amygdala, OFC, and ACC were demonstrated in a patient with severe disinhibition following TBI. Our result suggests the need to assess these neural structures in patients with disinhibition after brain injury. |
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spelling | pubmed-63927662019-03-15 Severe disinhibition due to injuries of neural tracts related to emotion circuit in a patient with traumatic brain injury: A case report Jang, Sung Ho Kwon, Hyeok Gyu Medicine (Baltimore) Research Article RATIONALE: Approximately 30% of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) develop disinhibition, a condition that involves several brain structures, including the amygdala, orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). Using diffusion tensor tractography (DTT), we report on a patient with severe disinhibition and injuries of the amygdala, OFC, and ACC following TBI. PATIENT CONCERNS: A 27-year-old male patient suffered an in-car accident. DIAGNOSES: Since the onset of the TBI, the patient showed severe disinhibition including violence, as follows: 1) he sometimes attacked therapists and nurses with no provocation, 2) while he was laying on a bed, he shouted and kicked the bed when asked questions, and 3) during therapy with a difficult task, he behaved violently to a therapist. The subscale of disinhibition in Neuropsychiatric Inventory scored three points for severity and for distress. INTERVENTIONS: N/A. Outcomes: On 10-month DTT, the connectivity of amygdala to the prefrontal cortex including the medial prefrontal cortex and OFC had decreased in both hemispheres. In the prefronto-thalamic tracts, the orbitofronto-thalamic tractshad narrowed (the right hemisphere), and were non-reconstructed (the left hemisphere). Discontinuations of both anterior cingulums were observed in both hemispheres. LESSONS: Using DTT, concurrent injuries of the amygdala, OFC, and ACC were demonstrated in a patient with severe disinhibition following TBI. Our result suggests the need to assess these neural structures in patients with disinhibition after brain injury. Wolters Kluwer Health 2017-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6392766/ /pubmed/29384946 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000009493 Text en Copyright © 2017 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
spellingShingle | Research Article Jang, Sung Ho Kwon, Hyeok Gyu Severe disinhibition due to injuries of neural tracts related to emotion circuit in a patient with traumatic brain injury: A case report |
title | Severe disinhibition due to injuries of neural tracts related to emotion circuit in a patient with traumatic brain injury: A case report |
title_full | Severe disinhibition due to injuries of neural tracts related to emotion circuit in a patient with traumatic brain injury: A case report |
title_fullStr | Severe disinhibition due to injuries of neural tracts related to emotion circuit in a patient with traumatic brain injury: A case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Severe disinhibition due to injuries of neural tracts related to emotion circuit in a patient with traumatic brain injury: A case report |
title_short | Severe disinhibition due to injuries of neural tracts related to emotion circuit in a patient with traumatic brain injury: A case report |
title_sort | severe disinhibition due to injuries of neural tracts related to emotion circuit in a patient with traumatic brain injury: a case report |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6392766/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29384946 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000009493 |
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