Presence of antibrain antibodies in obsessive-compulsive disorder secondary to pineal gland germinoma: a case report

Psychosomatics. 2014 Nov-Dec;55(6):729-34. doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2014.05.001. Epub 2014 May 6.

Authors

Weiguo Zhu¹, Karl S Burgoyne², Ira M Lesser²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, David-Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address: wzhumd@ucla.edu.
² Department of Psychiatry, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, David-Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.

PMID: 25262037
DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2014.05.001

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Autoantibodies / immunology*
Brain / immunology*
Brain / pathology
Germinoma / complications*
Germinoma / radiotherapy
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Neuroimaging
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / etiology*
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / immunology
Pinealoma / complications*
Pinealoma / radiotherapy
Young Adult

Substances

Autoantibodies