Acute Basal Ganglia Enlargement with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Tics, and Strep Infection

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-10-8-5

Keywords:

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Basal Ganglia, B-Hemolytic Streptococcal Infection

Abstract

A 12-year-old boy with an acute exacerbation of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms and tics following a Group A B-hemolytic streptococcal (GABHS) throat infection is reported from the National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD.

Published

1996-08-01

Issue

Section

Attention Deficit and Learning Disorders