An uncommon case of random fire-setting behavior associated with Todd paralysis A case report.docVIP

Kanehisaetal.BMCPsychiatry2012,12:132 /1471-244X/12/132 CASE REPORT OpenAccess Anuncommoncaseofrandom fire-settingbehaviorassociatedwithTodd paralysis:Acasereport MasayukiKanehisa1,KatsuhikoMorinaga1,HisaeKohno1,YoshihiroMaruyama1,TaigaNinomiya1, YoshinobuIshitobi1,YoshihiroTanaka1,JusenTsuru1,HiroakiHanada1,TomoyaYoshikawa2andJotaroAkiyoshi1* Abstract Background:Theassociationbetweenfire-settingbehaviorandpsychiatricormedicaldisordersremainspoorly understood.Althoughalinkbetweenfire-settingbehaviorandvariousorganicbraindisordershasbeenestablished, associationsbetweenfiresettingandfocalbrain