Abstract

There are reports of co-occurrence of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). We present a report of a patient with refractory TLE due to hippocampal sclerosis with concomitant OCD on pharmacotherapy for both. She underwent surgery for standard anterior temporal lobectomy with amygdalohippocampectomy and reported improvement in obsessive–compulsive symptoms subsequently. We seek to further evidence of interaction between the two conditions and argue to undertake future research exploration on the same.

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Title
Improvement in obsessive-compulsive disorder following right anterior temporal lobectomy and amygdalohippocampectomy in a patient with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy with right mesial temporal sclerosis
Author
Shreedhara, A 1 ; Bhargava, G 2 ; Kenchaiah, Raghavendra 1 ; Ravindranadh, C 1 ; Arima, Arivazhagan 3 ; Rose, Bharath 4 ; Saini, Jitender 4 ; Chandana, N 4 ; Rajeswaran, Jamuna 5 ; Rao, Malla 3 ; Parthasarathy Satishchandra 1 ; Y Janardhana Reddy 6 ; Sinha, Sanjib 1 

 Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka 
 Department of Neurology; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka 
 Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka 
 NIIR, Bengaluru, Karnataka 
 Department of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka 
 Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka 
Pages
321-324
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Oct/Dec 2018
Publisher
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd.
ISSN
09722327
e-ISSN
19983549
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2129402451
Copyright
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