title: Dystonia in Wilson's disease.
abstract: The frequency and type of dystonic movements, as well as brain abnormalities, as depicted with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which might correlate with dystonia, were studied in 27 consecutive patients with a neurologic form of Wilson's disease (WD) and optimized treatment. Dystonia was found in 10 patients (37%), being generalized in half of them, while two patients had segmental, two patients multifocal dystonia, and one patient bilateral foot dystonia. Dystonia was a presenting sign in four patients and developed later in the course of the disease in six patients, despite the administered therapy for WD. Putamen was the only structure significantly more frequently lesioned in dystonic (80%) in comparison to WD patients without dystonia (24%), suggesting a relation between abnormalities in this brain region and dystonic movements in WD.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurology CCS, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Svetel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kozić
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stefanova
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Semnic
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dragasevic
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Kostic
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004421:Dystonia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006527:Hepatolenticular Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011699:Putamen / Q000473:pathology