Parkinson Hastalığı ve Hareket Bozuklukları Dergisi

Hakan TEKELİ,1 Halit YAŞAR,2 M. Tansel KENDİRLİ,3 Mehmet Güney ŞENOL3

1Kasımpaşa Asker Hastanesi Nöroloji Kliniği, İstanbul, Türkiye;
2Ankara Mevki Asker Hastanesi Nöroloji Kliniği, Ankara, Türkiye;
3GATA Haydarpaşa Eğitim Hastanesi Nöroloji Kliniği, İstanbul, Türkiye

Keywords: Chorea/etiology; levetiracetam; paroxysmal non kinesigenic dyskinesia.

Abstract

Paroxysmal non-kinesigenic dyskinesia is characterized by sudden involuntary movement attacks precipitated by caffeine or alcohol intake, emotional stress or fatigue. Typically, paroxysms involve the whole body, lasting for about one hour at most. In this article, we present a-20-year-old male patient with idiopathic and sporadic paroxysmal non-kinesigenic dyskinesia who responded levetiracetam treatment well.