TY - JOUR
T1 - Focal Ballismus (Right Arm) in a Boy with Wilson's Disease
AU - Koul, Roshan
AU - Vijay, Priti
AU - Khanna, Rajeev
AU - Alam, Seema
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Georg Thieme Verlag. All rights reserved.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - Ballismus is defined as rapid, forceful, shaking or throwing involuntary movement of the extremities, mainly proximal parts. When it affects half of the body (upper and lower limbs on one side), it is called hemiballismus. If it affects one limb, it could be labeled as focal or one limb ballismus. Any lesion (vascular, trauma, tumor, deposition, and demyelination) in the subthalamic nucleus of the basal ganglia results in ballismus. A rare entity such as copper deposition in Wilson's disease can manifest as ballismus. We describe a boy with Wilson's disease with focal ballismus of the right arm.
AB - Ballismus is defined as rapid, forceful, shaking or throwing involuntary movement of the extremities, mainly proximal parts. When it affects half of the body (upper and lower limbs on one side), it is called hemiballismus. If it affects one limb, it could be labeled as focal or one limb ballismus. Any lesion (vascular, trauma, tumor, deposition, and demyelination) in the subthalamic nucleus of the basal ganglia results in ballismus. A rare entity such as copper deposition in Wilson's disease can manifest as ballismus. We describe a boy with Wilson's disease with focal ballismus of the right arm.
KW - ballismus
KW - chorea
KW - dystonia
KW - Wilson's disease
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U2 - 10.1055/s-0040-1715519
DO - 10.1055/s-0040-1715519
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85090929420
JO - Journal of Pediatric Neurology
JF - Journal of Pediatric Neurology
SN - 1304-2580
ER -