CONTEXT There have been many cases of medication-induced tremors. We report a patient who developed significant chin tremors after the administration of paroxetine. CASE REPORT A 68-year-old Vietnamese female with a past medical history including GIST and pancreatic cancer status post Whipple procedure and six months of adjuvant chemotherapy with gemcitabine presented with symptoms of anxiety...

One of the high-profile developments in seismology over the past decade has been the observation of episodic tremor and slip (ETS) and nonvolcanic tremor (NVT) as a subset of the phenomenon (Peng and Gomberg, 2010; Vidale and Houston, 2012). Sensitivity of an NVT occurrence to very small, dynamic, low-frequency stress perturbations in the Earth’s crust has been documented. For example, Rubinste...

BACKGROUND Gait difficulties, tremors, and coordination difficulties are common features of Cockayne syndrome that are consequences of leukodystrophy, cerebellar atrophy, and demyelinating neuropathy, but no pharmacotherapy for these disabling symptoms is available. OBJECTIVE To determine whether carbidopa-levodopa relieves tremors and other motor complications of Cockayne syndrome. DESIGN ...

BACKGROUND Tremors are among the most common movement disorders. As there can be considerable variability in the manner in which clinicians assess tremor, objective quantitative tools such as electromyography, accelerometry, and computerized, spiral analysis can be very useful in establishing a clinical diagnosis and in research settings. METHODS In this review, we discuss the various methods...

or abolished during movement. This is absent during sleep and often during complete muscular relaxation, as when resting in bed. When fully developed this tremor may be widespread and include several components. 2. Intention, action. or motor tremor. This type of tremor is absent as a rule when the patient is at rest and appears only during movements, especially those which require exact co-ord...

A 13 years male was referred to the Learning Disability Clinic with the complaint of illegible handwriting, dropping academic grades with a possibility of dysgraphia. The handwriting fluency and legibility deteriorated in time controlled situations such as examinations. He was slow in copying but had no issues with concentration, retrieval and had a good memory. Family history of tremors in fat...

BACKGROUND Abetalipoproteinemia is a rare disorder of fat absorption, characterized by vitamin deficiency, acanthocytosis, and neurologic symptoms including ataxia and tremor. CASE REPORT A 41-year-old male with abetalipoproteinemia is presented. He underwent staged bilateral thalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) for the treatment of his tremors. After DBS, the patient achieved significant im...

Five patients were treated with pindolol for various indications. The patients called attention to the appearance of fine tremors in their extremities 6-72 hr after starting treatment with the drug. The tremors disappeared 24-72 hr after stopping the drug. Beta-adrenoceptor-blockers are known to suppress different types of tremor and the paradoxical appearance of tremors during pindolol treatme...