Movement disorders emergencies: causes
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Movement disorders emergencies: causes. Acute onset cervical dystonia, Acute laryngeal dystonia, Dystonic storm. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Dystonic causes
- Acute onset cervical dystonia
- Acute laryngeal dystonia
- Dystonic storm
- Status dystonicus
Parkinsonian causes
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Myoclonic causes
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Drug-induced disorders
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Other movement disorder causes
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Other neurological causes
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References
- Gandhi SE, Newman EJ, Marshall VL. Emergency presentations of movement disorders. Pract Neurol 2020 (Online ahead of print).
- Frucht SJ. Treatment of movement disorder emergencies. Neurotherapeutics 2014; 11:208-212.
- Robottom BJ, Weiner WJ, Factor SA. Movement disorders emergencies. Part 1: Hypokinetic disorders. Arch Neurol 2011; 68:567-572.
- Ruiz-Lopez M, Fasano A. Rethinking status dystonicus. Mov Disord 2017; 32:1667-1676.
- Allen NM, Lin JP, Lynch T, King MD. Status dystonicus: a practice guide. Dev Med Child Neurol 2014; 56:105-112.
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