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Positive clinical effects of gamma knife capsulotomy in a patient with deep brain stimulation-refractory Tourette Syndrome and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Source :
- Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 170:34-37
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2018.
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Abstract
- We report the first case of a patient with severe, intractable Tourette Syndrome with comorbid Obsessive Compulsive disorder, who recovered from both disorders with gamma-knife (GK) stereotactic radiosurgery following deep brain stimulation (DBS). This case highlights the possible role of the internal capsule within the neural circuitries underlying both TS and OCD, and suggests that in cases of treatment-refractory TS and comorbid OCD, bilateral anterior capsulotomy using stereotactic radiosurgery may be a viable treatment option.
- Subjects :
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
medicine.medical_specialty
Deep brain stimulation
Internal capsule
Deep Brain Stimulation
medicine.medical_treatment
Capsulotomy
Gamma knife
Radiosurgery
Tourette syndrome
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Refractory
Internal Capsule
Obsessive compulsive
mental disorders
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
business.industry
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Surgery
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Treatment Outcome
Female
Neurology (clinical)
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Tourette Syndrome
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03038467
- Volume :
- 170
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d332a39701e33315dc1bae1ad432e779