Therapy-refractory Tourette syndrome: beneficial outcome with globus pallidus internus deep brain stimulation.
We report on a female patient with Tourette syndrome and a 12-month follow-up after chronic deep brain stimulation in the globus pallidus internus which resulted in excellent remission of motor and vocal tics.
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. sandra.dehning@med.uni-muenchen.de
Sandra
S
Dehning
Jan-Hinnerk
JH
Mehrkens
Norbert
N
Müller
Kai
K
Bötzel
D000328:Adult; D046690:Deep Brain Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005917:Globus Pallidus / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D005879:Tourette Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome