LOSS OF PSYCHIC AUTO-ACTIVATION - COMPULS IVE-OBSESSIONAL BEHAVIOR - TOXOPLASMIC ABSCESS OF THE BASAL GANGLIA

Authors
SMADJA D CABRE P PRAT C VERNANT JC
Citation
D. Smadja et al., LOSS OF PSYCHIC AUTO-ACTIVATION - COMPULS IVE-OBSESSIONAL BEHAVIOR - TOXOPLASMIC ABSCESS OF THE BASAL GANGLIA, Revue neurologique, 151(4), 1995, pp. 271-273
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Revue neurologique → ACNP
ISSN journal
00353787
Volume
151
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
271 - 273
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-3787(1995)151:4<271:LOPA-C>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A 34 year old woman with AIDS presented with adynamia and obsessive-co mpulsive behaviour. CT scan revealed bilateral toxoplasmic lesions inv olving basal ganglia. The neuropsychological picture resolved under sp ecific antitoxoplasmic treatment. However, relapse of toxoplasmosis oc curred in associating with the same behavioral changes. This is the fi rst case of such a syndrome due to infectious lesions, and in which im provement through transient, was observed.