Abnormal involuntary movements.
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.
Green
B H
BH
University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Liverpool Hospital.
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