title: Abnormal involuntary movements.
abstract: The differential diagnosis of an athetoid arm movement in a 54-year-old lady with a psychiatric history of affective disorder was discussed. Further investigations after the conference yielded a firm diagnosis that unified both physical and mental symptoms.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Liverpool Hospital.
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D001264:Athetosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004409:Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged