Rare Form of Dyskinetic Movements Associated with Alcohol Withdrawal

Movement disorders are known to occur during alcohol withdrawal. Tremor, choreoathetosis, transient parkinsonism, myoclonus and dystonia have been previously described. The present report describes involuntary ‘fluttering’ movements of fingers developing during alcohol withdrawal reminiscent of a ra...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Prakash, Sathya, Balhara, Yatan Pal Singh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4820561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27114634
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.178816
_version_ 1782425426482692096
author Prakash, Sathya
Balhara, Yatan Pal Singh
author_facet Prakash, Sathya
Balhara, Yatan Pal Singh
author_sort Prakash, Sathya
collection PubMed
description Movement disorders are known to occur during alcohol withdrawal. Tremor, choreoathetosis, transient parkinsonism, myoclonus and dystonia have been previously described. The present report describes involuntary ‘fluttering’ movements of fingers developing during alcohol withdrawal reminiscent of a rare form of tardive dyskinesia. Such a presentation has not been described earlier.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4820561
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2016
publisher Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-48205612016-04-25 Rare Form of Dyskinetic Movements Associated with Alcohol Withdrawal Prakash, Sathya Balhara, Yatan Pal Singh Indian J Psychol Med Case Report Movement disorders are known to occur during alcohol withdrawal. Tremor, choreoathetosis, transient parkinsonism, myoclonus and dystonia have been previously described. The present report describes involuntary ‘fluttering’ movements of fingers developing during alcohol withdrawal reminiscent of a rare form of tardive dyskinesia. Such a presentation has not been described earlier. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4820561/ /pubmed/27114634 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.178816 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
spellingShingle Case Report
Prakash, Sathya
Balhara, Yatan Pal Singh
Rare Form of Dyskinetic Movements Associated with Alcohol Withdrawal
title Rare Form of Dyskinetic Movements Associated with Alcohol Withdrawal
title_full Rare Form of Dyskinetic Movements Associated with Alcohol Withdrawal
title_fullStr Rare Form of Dyskinetic Movements Associated with Alcohol Withdrawal
title_full_unstemmed Rare Form of Dyskinetic Movements Associated with Alcohol Withdrawal
title_short Rare Form of Dyskinetic Movements Associated with Alcohol Withdrawal
title_sort rare form of dyskinetic movements associated with alcohol withdrawal
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4820561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27114634
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.178816
work_keys_str_mv AT prakashsathya rareformofdyskineticmovementsassociatedwithalcoholwithdrawal
AT balharayatanpalsingh rareformofdyskineticmovementsassociatedwithalcoholwithdrawal

Ejemplares similares