Case report<br>One-and-a-half-year follow-up after stimulation of nucleus accumbens in 
a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder of extreme intensity – a case report

Wojciech Żak; Julita Birska; Marek Harat; Marcin Rudaś; Piotr Zielinski; Janusz Rybakowski

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Case report
One-and-a-half-year follow-up after stimulation of nucleus accumbens in a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder of extreme intensity – a case report

Wojciech Żak

,

Julita Birska

,

Marek Harat

,

Marcin Rudaś

,

Piotr Zielinski

,

Janusz Rybakowski

Neuropsychiatria i Neuropsychologia 2013; 8, 3–4: 123–130

Online publish date: 2014/01/30

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Żak W, Birska J, Harat M, Rudaś M, Zielinski P, Rybakowski J. Case reportOne-and-a-half-year follow-up after stimulation of nucleus accumbens in 
a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder of extreme intensity – a case report. Neuropsychiatria i Neuropsychologia/Neuropsychiatry and Neuropsychology. 2013;8(3):123-130.

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Żak, W., Birska, J., Harat, M., Rudaś, M., Zielinski, P.,  & Rybakowski, J. (2013). Case reportOne-and-a-half-year follow-up after stimulation of nucleus accumbens in 
a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder of extreme intensity – a case report. Neuropsychiatria i Neuropsychologia/Neuropsychiatry and Neuropsychology, 8(3), 123-130.

Chicago

Żak, Wojciech, Julita Birska, Marek Harat, Marcin Rudaś, Piotr Zielinski,  and Janusz Rybakowski. 2013. "Case reportOne-and-a-half-year follow-up after stimulation of nucleus accumbens in 
a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder of extreme intensity – a case report". Neuropsychiatria i Neuropsychologia/Neuropsychiatry and Neuropsychology 8 (3): 123-130.

Harvard

Żak, W., Birska, J., Harat, M., Rudaś, M., Zielinski, P.,  and Rybakowski, J. (2013). Case reportOne-and-a-half-year follow-up after stimulation of nucleus accumbens in 
a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder of extreme intensity – a case report. Neuropsychiatria i Neuropsychologia/Neuropsychiatry and Neuropsychology, 8(3), pp.123-130.

MLA

Żak, Wojciech et al. "Case reportOne-and-a-half-year follow-up after stimulation of nucleus accumbens in 
a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder of extreme intensity – a case report." Neuropsychiatria i Neuropsychologia/Neuropsychiatry and Neuropsychology, vol. 8, no. 3, 2013, pp. 123-130.

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Żak W, Birska J, Harat M, Rudaś M, Zielinski P, Rybakowski J. Case reportOne-and-a-half-year follow-up after stimulation of nucleus accumbens in 
a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder of extreme intensity – a case report. Neuropsychiatria i Neuropsychologia/Neuropsychiatry and Neuropsychology. 2013;8(3):123-130.

In patients with extreme severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), highly resistant to pharmacological treatment, a neurosurgical treatment may be taken into consideration. Among the applied neurosurgical procedures in the last few years, deep brain stimulation (DBS) has emerged as the most promising treatment for such patients, with nucleus accumbens as the most frequent stimulation target. We describe the case of a 35-year-old woman suffering from OCD since 1998, pharmacological treatment-intractable with extreme intensity of the symptoms. She underwent surgical placement of electrodes for deep brain stimulation into the nucleus accumbens, bilaterally. We present 18 months follow-up with symptoms intensity repeatedly evaluated using the Y-BOCS. After 8 months symptoms intensity decreased by about 45% and after 18 months by about 35%. Despite the fluctuations of the patient’s general feeling in the covered period, determined by different factors, the general effect of application of the DBS procedure may be accepted as favourable.

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Case reportOne-and-a-half-year follow-up after stimulation of nucleus accumbens in a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder of extreme intensity – a case report

Wojciech Żak , Julita Birska , Marek Harat , Marcin Rudaś , Piotr Zielinski , Janusz Rybakowski

obsessive-compulsive disorder, deep brain stimulation, nucleus accumbens

Case report
One-and-a-half-year follow-up after stimulation of nucleus accumbens in a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder of extreme intensity – a case report

Wojciech Żak

,

Julita Birska

,

Marek Harat

,

Marcin Rudaś

,

Piotr Zielinski

,

Janusz Rybakowski