Open AccessDopa-responsive dystonia in a child misdiagnosed as cerebral palsy
Author(s) -
Dinkar Kulshreshtha,
Pradeep Kumar Maurya,
Ajai Singh,
Anup Kumar Thacker
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/jpn.jpn_123_16
Subject(s) - dystonia , medicine , cerebral palsy , pediatrics , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , psychiatry
Dopa-responsive dystonia also known as "Segawa's syndrome" was first described in 1976. The dystonia typically shows diurnal variations and is more marked toward the end of the day and improves in sleep. This entity is often misdiagnosed in the clinical setting, mostly due to the lack of awareness, and these patients are exposed to various treatment regimens and nonpharmacological measures. We present a boy being treated as dystonic cerebral palsy who showed significant improvement in dystonic symptoms with L-dopa therapy.