Focal dystonia and speech impairment responding to anticholinergic therapy

Pediatr Neurol. 1994 Nov;11(4):346-8. doi: 10.1016/0887-8994(94)90015-9.

Abstract

Focal dystonia of the right hand and speech impairment as a result of a circumscribed left-sided anterior thalamic lesion is reported in a 9-year-old girl with borderline normal psychomotor development. Both focal dystonia and speech impairment improved during anticholinergic treatment and worsened after drug withdrawal.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cerebral Infarction / complications
  • Cerebral Infarction / diagnosis
  • Cerebral Infarction / drug therapy
  • Child
  • Dystonia / diagnosis
  • Dystonia / drug therapy*
  • Dystonia / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Language Development Disorders / diagnosis
  • Language Development Disorders / drug therapy*
  • Language Development Disorders / etiology
  • Language Tests
  • Neurologic Examination / drug effects
  • Speech Disorders / diagnosis
  • Speech Disorders / drug therapy*
  • Speech Disorders / etiology
  • Speech Production Measurement
  • Thalamic Diseases / complications
  • Thalamic Diseases / diagnosis
  • Thalamic Diseases / drug therapy
  • Trihexyphenidyl / administration & dosage*

Substances

  • Trihexyphenidyl