✦ LIBER ✦
Masturbation mimicking paroxysmal dystonia or dyskinesia in a young girl
✍ Scribed by Dr. Jonathan W. Mink; Jeffrey J. Neil
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 271 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
We present the case of a young girl with periodic posturing during masturbation. The child had been evaluated by several physicians and underwent numerous diagnostic tests before the spells were seen by a physician and determined to be selfstimulatory and not paroxysmal dystonia. Masturbation is a normal and common behavior in young children and should be recognized as such. Failure to recognize this behavior can lead to unnecessary and invasive testing.