A Case of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder With Fear of Contamination of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube

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To the Editor: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is frequently seen in older adults. Although geriatric OCD, like OCD in younger adults and children, benefits from standard OCD treatments, management of OCD in geriatric cases can be extremely difficult due to multiple comorbid medical conditions in this age group. We report a geriatric patient with chronic OCD who developed life-threatening complications due to comorbid subjective dysphagia that needed percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement.