Case Report

Possible Association Between Resection of a Frontal Meningioma and Late Onset Obsessive Compulsive Disorder : A Case Report

  • Yakup Albayrak
  • Cüneyt Ünsal
  • Mesut Emre Yaman
  • Sena Yenel Özbay

Received Date: 22.10.2013 Accepted Date: 24.10.2013 Namik Kemal Med J 2013;1(3):183-185

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is common and frequently disabling psychiatric disorder. The onset of OCD is usually in adolesence and early adulthood. In literature there are limited case reports which were investigating the association between frontal brain tumors and OCD. In this paper, we report a case who developed late onset OCD after resection of a frontal menengioma.

Keywords: Late, obsessive, frontal lobe