Title of article :
A Diagnostic Dilemma of Antiglutamic Acid Decarboxylase 65(Anti-GAD 65) and Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Antibodies in a GirlPresenting with Acute-Onset Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Author/Authors :
Freeman, Cecilia G. Sidney Kimmel Medical College - Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia, PA, USA , Langeveldt, Antanoid J. Department of Pediatrics - Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children - Wilmington - DE, USA , Miller, Robyn R. Department of Pediatrics - Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children - Wilmington - DE, USA
Abstract :
Acute-onset obsessive-compulsive disorder can be challenging, especially when triggered by an underlying disease process.Clinicians often turn to Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections(PANDAS), but it is important to consider a broad differential in these patients. We present a case of a 9-year-old girl withacute-onset obsessive-compulsive behavior likely triggered by a post-infectious phenomenon that ultimately resolved followingtreatment with plasmapheresis.
Keywords :
Diagnostic Dilemma , Antiglutamic Acid Decarboxylase 65(Anti-GAD 65) , Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Antibodies , Girl Presenting , Acute-Onset Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Journal title :
Case Reports in Psychiatry
