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Dyskinesias

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Dyskinesias

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Dyskinesias ; Pregnancy

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Dyskinesias ; Myotonia Congenita ; Myotonia

Oro-facial dyskinesia (OFD) is involuntary, abnormal, uncontrolled and stereotyped movements, consisting of forehead furrowing, eye opening and closing, smacking and pursing of the lips, lateral deviation and protrusion of the tongue, and occasionally lateral deviation and protrusion of the jaw.1 OFD is known to have various complications including speech difficulty, chewing and eating disorders, and social embarrassment; facial muscle stiffness, mucosal and gingival traumatic lesions. In addition, it may leads to cranio-mandibular joint (TMJ) complications in the presence of intense and prolonged abnormal movements, with pain and degeneration.1,2 There is no previous report of TMJ dislocation due to OFD. In this report, we describe a patient who developed bilateral anterior TMJ dislocation due to OFD which occurred following intra-cranial hemorrhage (ICH).
Movement Disorders ; Dyskinesias

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Arm* ; Dyskinesias* ; Hand* ; Multiple Sclerosis*

It is well recognized that antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) can cause generalized or bilateral asterixis. However, the unilat-eral asterixis induced by AEDs has been rarely reported in patients with structural brain lesions. We report 2 patients who developed unilateral asterixis within therapeutic AEDs levels. In both patients, the unilateral asterixis disappeared when the daily dosage of AEDs was decreased. Our cases suggest that the cerebral hemisphere with structural lesions might be more vulnerable to the development of AEDs-induced asterixis.
Anticonvulsants* ; Brain* ; Cerebrum ; Dyskinesias* ; Humans

Organic causes of astasia or asterixis have been described in the literature. However, concurrent unilateral manifestation of the two symptoms is extremely rare. We report two cases presenting with astasia and asterixis due to infarcts involving the ventrolateral nucleus of the left thalamus. Acute onset of astasia or asterixis in patients without significant metabolic disorder should alert the clinician on the possibility of acute stroke involving the thalamus.
Dyskinesias* ; Humans ; Infarction* ; Stroke ; Thalamus

Hemichorea or hemiballism has been correlated clinico-anatomically with lesions of the contralateral side, most commonly of the subthalamic nucleus. Hemichorea due to an ipsilateral lesion is extremely rare. We report a case of a 74-year-old man who developed a left sided hemichorea due to a left thalamic infarction. The literature on the rare occurrence of ipsilateral hemichorea/hemiballism is discussed and possible pathomechanisms are reviewed.
Aged ; Dyskinesias ; Humans ; Infarction* ; Subthalamic Nucleus

Bromocriptine(15-100 mg/day) alone and with L-dopa were studied for 10-30 months on 22 patients with Parkinson's disease. Patients who had never received L-dopa treatment either because it was never attempted or of intolerance from the onset was placed under Bromocriptine. The responses of patients were excellent. Its antiparkinsonism activity in comparable with that of L-dopa with the advantage of reducing the unwanted side effects of L-dopa during the reduction of its dosage, for patients who have been taking the drug. However, this decrease of dosage should be effected gradually, while the dose of Bromocriptine in being increased. Bromocriptine did not treat the "on-off" effects of L-dopa but reduced the cardiac complications, painful contractions and dyskinesia.
Bromocriptine* ; Dyskinesias ; Humans ; Levodopa ; Parkinson Disease*