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An Unusual Case of Motor and Vocal Tics With Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in a Young Adult With Behçet's Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Cathy Budman  and
Adnan Sarcevic
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Abstract

Behçet's disease is a chronic relapsing-remitting, multi-system inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology, characterized by recurrent oral and genital ulcers, uveitis, and skin lesions. The most common central nervous system findings are demyelization and perivascular cell infiltration; menin-goencephalitis, cerebral atrophy, and vascular thrombosis may also occur. Neuropsychiatric symptoms may include: paroxysmal dystonia, parkinsonism, delirium, hallucinations, and behavioral disturbances. We report an unusual case of explosive onset of motor and vocal tics with obsessive-compulsive symptoms in a 22-year-old male with Behçet's disease. The putative roles of infection and autoimmune mechanisms in the pathogenesis of tics and obsessive-compulsive symptoms are explored.

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CNS Spectrums , Volume 7 , Issue 12: Investigating Neuropsychiatric Disorders , December 2002 , pp. 878 - 881
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2002

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