Transvestic Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Bipolar Disorder in an Adolescent Male: Diagnostic Conundrums and Management Difficulties

Abstract

Transvestic disorder with comorbid obsessive-compulsive disorder and bipolar disorder (BD) is a rare presentation, with only 1 case report in available literature. It may be an arduous task to differentiate between the phenomenology of transvestic disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. We, herein, report the case of a 17-year-old boy who presented with complaints of cross-dressing which was difficult to be differentiated from sexual obsessions. He also suffered from BD that complicated the management.