Multidisciplinary management of dystonia misdiagnosed as hysteria.
Dystonia in the pediatric age group can be confused with hysteria, particularly when it occurs in an emotionally disturbed child with a negative family history of dystonia. A 20-year-old girl with a 12 year history of DMD is described. From age 12 to 17 she was housed in a mental institution after a misdiagnosis of hysteria was made. The progressive nature of DMD and the important emotional components are stressed. The multidisciplinary management model is discussed as a valuable method in the treatment of this chronic neurological disorder.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D003975:Diazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004422:Dystonia Musculorum Deformans / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007980:Levodopa / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008722:Methods; D013788:Thalamus / Q000601:surgery
D007980:Levodopa; D003975:Diazepam