Hyperkinetic movement disorder in a child treated by globus pallidus stimulation

Brain Dev. 2009 Jun;31(6):452-5. doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.08.003. Epub 2008 Sep 17.

Abstract

We report herein the case of a 9-year-old girl with life-threatening hyperkinetic involuntary movement of unknown etiology. Medical treatment was ineffective for her stereotypy and choreoathetotic/ballistic movements, but bilateral stimulation of the globus pallidus immediately alleviated these symptoms. Pallidal deep-brain stimulation may be considered the therapy of choice for children with intractable hyperkinetic movement disorders.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Athetosis / physiopathology
  • Athetosis / therapy
  • Basal Ganglia / anatomy & histology
  • Basal Ganglia / physiopathology
  • Child
  • Chorea / physiopathology
  • Chorea / therapy
  • Deep Brain Stimulation / instrumentation
  • Deep Brain Stimulation / methods*
  • Developmental Disabilities / complications
  • Developmental Disabilities / physiopathology
  • Electrodes, Implanted
  • Female
  • Fever / complications
  • Globus Pallidus / anatomy & histology
  • Globus Pallidus / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Hyperkinesis / physiopathology
  • Hyperkinesis / therapy*
  • Movement Disorders / physiopathology
  • Movement Disorders / therapy*
  • Neural Pathways / anatomy & histology
  • Neural Pathways / physiopathology
  • Stereotypic Movement Disorder / physiopathology
  • Stereotypic Movement Disorder / therapy
  • Treatment Outcome