athetosis/neoplasms

In the broad sense of the term, dyskinesia refers to the overall spectrum of abnormal involuntary movement. Abnormal involuntary movement includes parkinsonism, chorea, athetosis, myoclonus and ballism. Clinically, the most frequently encountered form of dyskinesia is parkinsonism. In addition to

We studied the outcomes of movement disorders that were associated with childhood thalamic tumors. We retrospectively reviewed 83 children with thalamic tumors treated at our institution from 1996 to 2013 to document the incidence and outcome of movement disorders. Magnetic resonance imaging was

BACKGROUND Paraneoplastic choreo-athetoses are rare. We report a case of anti-Hu syndrome with choreo-athetosis. METHODS A 48-year-old woman developed a small-cell lung carcinoma revealed by an anti-Hu syndrome. The neurological features included choreo-athetosis predominating in the upper limbs,

We present seven cases of movement disorders encountered in patients with AIDS at a national referral centre over a 4 year period. These include cases of chorea athetosis due to cerebral toxoplasmosis, progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy, cerebral infarction due to Herpes zoster infection and

A 56 year-old patient, with a history of surgically removed breast cancer three years earlier, presented with incoordination of hand movements while playing piano. Neurological examination disclosed mild position sensory loss and limb-kinetic apraxia of the distal part of the right upper extremity.

We present the case of a 31-year-old woman who developed N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis during the course of relapsing and remitting multiple brain lesions. The patient developed a tingling sensation in the left upper and lower extremities, and was first admitted to our hospital

Hypertrophic olivary degeneration is a rare kind of trans-synaptic degeneration that occurs after lesions of the dentatorubro-olivary pathway. The lesions, commonly unilateral, may result from hemorrhage due to vascular malformation, trauma, surgical intervention or hypertension, tumor, or ischemia.

A review of cases indicated that gingival fibromatosis occurs in a variety of genetic entities. High risk for epilepsy and oligophrenia is associated if hypertrichosis is present. Other entities are symmetrical gingival fibromatosis; Zimmermann-Laband syndrome with bone, ear, nose and nail defects

Among 848 cases of profound mental retardation with motor disturbance admitted to Metropolitan Medical Center of Severely Handicapped in the last 20 years, 98 died. The 94 cases whose cause of death was determined were clinically investigated. There was no difference in sex, and 72% of the patients

Introduction. Paroxysmal nonkinesigenic dyskinesia (PNKD) consists of episodes of chorea, athetosis, or dystonia which are not triggered by movement, with complete remission between episodes. A case of genetically confirmed PNKD with simultaneous tremor has not been previously reported. Case Report.