An OCD Patient Presenting with a Cerebellum Venous Variant in a Family with a Strong Schizophrenia Loading: A Case Report

[摘要] The role of cerebellar pathology in psychiatric symptoms has long been recognized. Cerebellar pathology has been associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder pathophysiology, particularly with compulsive hoarding. Likewise, some cerebellum abnormalities have been described in schizophrenia, as well as in comorbidity between obsessive-compulsive disorder and schizophrenia. The authors report the case of a 32-year-old woman with obsessive-compulsive disorder and a cerebellum development variant in a family with a strong schizophrenia loading. This case emphasizes the probable role of the cerebellum in the pathophysiology of both obsessive-compulsive disorder and schizophrenia, and reconsiders the existence of a so called schizo-obsessive subtype of schizophrenia.

[学科分类] 精神健康和精神病学

[关键词] Psychiatry;obsessive-compulsive disorder;schizophrenia;cerebellum;hoarding