Hippocampus and amygdala volumes in patients with vaginismus

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World J Psychiatr. Jun 22, 2016; 6(2): 221-225
Published online Jun 22, 2016. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v6.i2.221

Hippocampus and amygdala volumes in patients with vaginismus

Hanefi Yildirim, Unsal Akaslan, Sevda Korkmaz, Omer Ozer, Sema Baykara, Murad Atmaca

Murad Atmaca, Omer Ozer, Sevda Korkmaz, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Firat University, 23119 Elazig, Turkey

Sema Baykara, Elazig Mental Health Hospital, 23119 Elazig, Turkey

Unsal Akaslan, Hanefi Yildirim, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Firat University, 23119 Elazig, Turkey

Author contributions: All authors were involved in all parts of the investigation.

Informed consent statement: All patients gave informed consent.

Conflict-of-interest statement: No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.

Data sharing statement: Technical appendix, statistical code, and dataset available from the corresponding author.

Correspondence to: Murad Atmaca, MD, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Firat University, Firat Tip Merkezi, Psikiyatri Anabilim Dali, 23119 Elazig, Turkey. matmaca_p@yahoo.com

Telephone: +90-424-2333555 Fax: +90-424-2388096

Received: January 14, 2016
Peer-review started: January 15, 2016
First decision: March 1, 2016
Revised: March 25, 2016
Accepted: May 10, 2016
Article in press: May 11, 2016
Published online: June 22, 2016
Processing time: 157 Days and 7.6 Hours

Abstract

AIM: To compare hippocampus and amygdala volumes of patients with vaginismus with those of healthy control subjects.

METHODS: Magnetic resonance imaging was performed on ten patients with vaginismus and ten control subjects matched for age and gender. Volumes of the hippocampus and amygdala were blindly measured.

RESULTS: We found that the mean right amygdala volume of patients with vaginismus were smaller than that of the healthy controls. With regard to hippocampus volumes, the mean left and right hippocampus volumes were smaller than those of the healthy controls.

CONCLUSION: Our present findings suggest that there have been hippocampus and amygdala structural abnormalities in patients with vaginismus. These changes provide the notion that vaginismus may be a fear-related condition.

Keywords: Vaginismus; Hippocampus; Amygdala; Volumes; Patients

Core tip: Our present findings suggest that there have been hippocampus and amygdala structural abnormalities in patients with vaginismus. These changes provide the notion that vaginismus may be a fear-related condition.