Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-19-2021

Comments

This article is the author's final published version in Case Reports in Psychiatry, Volume 2021, March 2021, Article number 6672028

The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6672028

© 2021 Cecilia G. Freeman et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Publication made possible in part by support from the Jefferson Open Access Fund

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 with acute-onset obsessive-compulsive behavior likely triggered by a post-infectious phenomenon that ultimately resolved following treatment with plasmapheresis.

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PubMed ID

33791138

Language

English

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