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Bilateral pallidal stimulation for idiopathic segmental axial dystonia advanced from meige syndrome refractory to bilateral thalamotomy
Author(s) -
Muta Daisuke,
Goto Satoshi,
Nishikawa Shigeyuki,
Hamasaki Tadashi,
Ushio Yukitaka,
Inoue Nobuhiro,
Mita Shuji
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.1122
Subject(s) - thalamotomy , dystonia , medicine , refractory (planetary science) , deep brain stimulation , pallidotomy , thalamic stimulator , trunk , movement disorders , surgery , anesthesia , parkinson's disease , psychiatry , ecology , physics , disease , astrobiology , biology
Abstract Meige syndrome is an adult‐onset dystonic movement disorder that predominantly involves facial muscles, while some patients with this syndrome develop spasmodic dysphonia and dystonia of the neck, trunk, arms, and legs. We report that all dystonic symptoms that had been refractory to both pharmacotherapy and bilateral thalamotomy were markedly alleviated by bilateral pallidal stimulation in a patient with segmental axial dystonia advanced from Meige syndrome. © 2001 Movement Disorder Society.