A presumptive association between obsessive compulsions and asymmetric temporal lobe atrophy: a case report

A presumptive association between obsessive compulsions and asymmetric temporal lobe atrophy: a case report

Abstract Background The relatively isolated atrophy of the temporal lobes leads to a clinical radiological pattern, referred to as the temporal variant of frontotemporal dementia. While semantic dementia and behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia are classically related to this syndrome, the log...

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Main Authors: Thiago Paranhos, Tiago Lucas, Antonio de Salles, Jorge Moll, Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-01-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
Obsessive–compulsive disorder
Ritualistic behaviors
Acquired compulsions
Temporal variant FTD
Logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia
Frontotemporal dementia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-021-03228-z

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