Transient choreiform dyskinesias during alcohol withdrawal.
Three chronic alcoholics developed choreiform dyskinesias involving the face, lips, tongue and, in one case, all limbs; 2 patients for the first time, 9 to 10 days after alcohol withdrawal. These abnormalities improved spontaneously with maintained abstinence from alcohol for 2 to 7 weeks. None had a family history of movement disorder, there was no history of other psychoactive drug use or abuse, and there was no evidence of portal-systemic encephalopathy.
D000368:Aged; D000430:Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001284:Atrophy; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D002819:Chorea / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010302:Parkinson Disease, Secondary / Q000139:chemically induced; D011604:Psychoses, Alcoholic / Q000175:diagnosis*