Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in an Adolescent Appearing after Cerebellar Vermian Mass Resection

Obsessive compulsive symptoms have been reported in frontal lobe tumours and basal ganglia lesions. We report herewith a case of an adolescent who had a vermian cystic mass for which he underwent excision surgery. Three months postsurgery family members noticed that he started with repeated hand was...

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Published in:Journal of clinical and diagnostic research 2016-05, Vol.10 (5), p.VD01-VD02
Main Authors: Sathe, Harshal, Karia, Sagar, De Sousa, Avinash, Shah, Nilesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
cerebellum
enuresis
obsessive-compulsive disorder
Psychiatry Section
tumour
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Summary:Obsessive compulsive symptoms have been reported in frontal lobe tumours and basal ganglia lesions. We report herewith a case of an adolescent who had a vermian cystic mass for which he underwent excision surgery. Three months postsurgery family members noticed that he started with repeated hand washing and abnormal walking pattern. Also, he developed bedwetting in sleep at night. He was given clinical diagnosis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Nocturnal enuresis following a cerebellar mass removal which improved with fluoxetine and impiramine respectively.
ISSN:2249-782X
0973-709X
DOI:10.7860/JCDR/2016/18825.7799