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Tics secondary to craniocerebral trauma
Author(s) -
Krauss Joachim K.,
Jankovic Joseph
Publication year - 1997
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.870120527
Subject(s) - tics , head trauma , medicine , leukoencephalopathy , brainstem , magnetic resonance imaging , craniocerebral trauma , basal ganglia , surgery , neurological disorder , central nervous system disease , movement disorders , anesthesia , poison control , radiology , psychiatry , central nervous system , pathology , environmental health , disease
We describe three adult patients who presented with multifocal motor and vocal tics secondary to craniocerebral trauma. In one case, the tics were accompanied by marked obsessive‐compulsive behavior. All patients were involved in motor vehicle accidents resulting in closed craniocerebral trauma. The latency of onset between head trauma and the movement disorder varied between 1 day and a few months. Magnetic resonance imaging, which was performed in all three patients, did not detect any structural lesions of the basal ganglia or the brainstem. Extensive bifrontal leukoencephalopathy was found in one patient who suffered severe head trauma.