Under-Recognition of Cervical Dystonia: An Essential Tremor Patient with Numerous Textbook Features of Cervical Dystonia

BACKGROUND: Physical examination findings of dystonia are often underrecognized, especially in the setting of other movement disorders such as essential tremor (ET). PHENOMENOLOGY SHOWN: A patient with ET exhibited numerous textbook features of cervical dystonia, which were misattributed to ET by a...

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Autores principales: Hale, Evan A., Liu, Gina, Kim, Christine Y., Louis, Elan D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Columbia University Libraries/Information Services 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6939647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31908903
http://dx.doi.org/10.7916/tohm.v0.733
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Physical examination findings of dystonia are often underrecognized, especially in the setting of other movement disorders such as essential tremor (ET). PHENOMENOLOGY SHOWN: A patient with ET exhibited numerous textbook features of cervical dystonia, which were misattributed to ET by a primary care physician and two neurologists. EDUCATIONAL VALUE: To provide a clear and unmistakable visual example of the clinically significant characteristics of cervical dystonia in the setting of concomitant ET.

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