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A right orbitofrontal region and OCD symptoms: a case report.
- Source :
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Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica [Acta Psychiatr Scand] 2005 Jan; Vol. 111 (1), pp. 74-6; discussion 76-7. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Objective: To discuss the relationship between obsessive-compulsive symptoms and a right orbitofrontal lesion.<br />Method: Single case report.<br />Results: A 59-year-old man developed obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms after his head injury. Magnetic resonance imaging brain scans showed a small contusion in the right orbitofrontal region, and single-photon emission computed tomography revealed hypoperfusion in blood flow at the same region.<br />Conclusion: The OCD symptoms that developed in the present case may be attributable primarily to hypofunction in the lesion localized to the right orbitofrontal area. Although caution is needed for interpretation of the observation because of our experience of only a single case, it suggests that the right orbitofrontal region may be important in forming OCD symptoms.<br /> (Blackwell Munksgaard 2004)
- Subjects :
- Brain Concussion diagnosis
Brain Concussion physiopathology
Brain Injury, Chronic diagnosis
Brain Injury, Chronic physiopathology
Frontal Lobe blood supply
Humans
Intelligence physiology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Mental Status Schedule
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder diagnosis
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder physiopathology
Positron-Emission Tomography
Regional Blood Flow physiology
Stereotyped Behavior
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Wechsler Scales
Brain Concussion complications
Dominance, Cerebral physiology
Frontal Lobe injuries
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder etiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0001-690X
- Volume :
- 111
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15636597
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2004.00395.x