Pseudoathetosis: report of three patients.
We report on 3 patients with pseudoathetosis, which are involuntary, slow, writhing movements due to loss of proprioception.
Spitz
Mariana
M
Neurology Department, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil. marianaspitz@hotmail.com
Costa Machado
Alexandre Aluízio
AA
Carvalho
Rodrigo do Carmo
Rdo C
Maia
Fernanda Martins
FM
Haddad
Monica Santoro
MS
Calegaro
Dagoberto
D
Scaff
Milberto
M
Reis Barbosa
Egberto
E
D000328:Adult; D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D001264:Athetosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011434:Proprioception / Q000502:physiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D013786:Thalamic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D016781:Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology