Hyperthyroidism presenting as recurrent short paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia

✍ Scribed by Der-Jen Yen; Din-E Shan; Shiang-Ru Lu

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 385 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0885-3185
• DOI: 10.1002/mds.870130231

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When performing the finger-to-nose test, the amplitude of the tremor increases during the movement and is maximal when approaching the nose. Gait is ataxic; one can observe a resting tremor in the left hand and absence of hypokinesia.

Acknowledgment:

The authors thank Jan Casselman, MD, for providing the MR images and Marc Lamoot for editing the videotape.

A videotape accompanies this article.