       Document 0187
 DOCN  M9620187
 TI    [Loss of psychic auto-activation. Obsessive-compulsive behavior.
       Toxoplasmic abscess of the basal ganglia]
 DT    9602
 AU    Smadja D; Cabre P; Prat C; Vernant JC; Service de Neurologie, CHU
       Fort-de-France.
 SO    Rev Neurol (Paris). 1995 Apr;151(4):271-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96008916
 AB    A 34 year old woman with AIDS presented with adynamia and
       obsessive-compulsive behaviour. CT scan revealed bilateral toxoplasmic
       lesions involving basal ganglia. The neuropsychological picture resolved
       under specific antitoxoplasmic treatment. However, relapse of
       toxoplasmosis occurred in associating with the same behavioral changes.
       This is the first case of such a syndrome due to infectious lesions, and
       in which improvement through transient, was observed.
 DE    Adult  AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/COMPLICATIONS  Basal
       Ganglia Diseases/*COMPLICATIONS  Brain Abscess/COMPLICATIONS  Case
       Report  English Abstract  Female  Human  Neurotic Disorders/*ETIOLOGY
       Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/*ETIOLOGY  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
       Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral/*COMPLICATIONS  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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