Choreoathetosis with Gabapentin

Paroxysmal dystonic choreoathetosis

A 30-year-old man with mild learning disability (IQ:72) and cerebral palsy with mild generalized choreoathetosis was referred with paroxysmal motor disorder and episodic depressive mood disorder. Aged 11 months, he had developed episodes of alternating flaccid hemiparesis followed by episodes when he was unable to move or talk but remaining conscious lasting from several minutes to longer. Epis...

Progressive familial choreoathetosis with cutaneous telangiectasia.

Choreoathetosis in Pediatric Patients

Choreoathetosis (CHO) in pediatric patients following cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has no known etiology, although several causal factors have been suggested. The infrequent occurrence in any one institution and the inability to perform prospective studies have made the etiology of CHO difficult to discover. This paper discusses a retrospective analysis of eleven cases of CHO following CPB. To ...

Choreoathetosis secondary to lead toxicity.

Dra. Mariana Spitz – Rua Paulo César de Andrade 200/402 22221-090 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil. E-mail: [email protected] Firearm projectiles have been described, albeit rarely, as a cause of lead toxicity. The usual route of lead exposure is oral ingestion, but toxicity secondary to retained bullet fragments has been well documented. Switz et al. described the first case in 1976 – a bullet wa...

Focal paroxysmal kinesigenic choreoathetosis.

Three cases of paroxysmal kinesigenic choreoathetosis are described in whom unilateral attacks were focally induced, together with a case in whom bilateral attacks only occured. Treatment with phenytoin was effective in all cases. The aspects of the literature relating to focal and generalised attacks in paroxysmal kinesigenic choreoathetosis are reviewed.