Successful treatment of tremor in Wilson's disease by thalamotomy: A case report.
Little information is available on the surgical treatment of movement disorders in Wilson's disease. We report a successful outcome of left-sided stereotactic thalamotomy in a 30-year-old man with Wilson's disease, who had severe postural-kinetic tremor of both hands. The improvement was bilateral. Our case illustrates that stereotactic thalamotomy may be considered as an option in treating severe tremor in selected patients of Wilson's disease and merit further trials.
Pal
Pramod Kumar
PK
Department of Neurology National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India. palpramod@hotmail.com
Sinha
Sanjib
S
Pillai
Shibu
S
Taly
Arun B
AB
Abraham
Rojin G
RG
D000328:Adult; D006527:Hepatolenticular Degeneration / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D013788:Thalamus / Q000601:surgery*; D014202:Tremor / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*