Pallidal deep brain stimulation in a 5-year-old child with dystonic storm: case report.
A 5-year-old child had a medical history of epilepsy and a newly presented     mental retardation with a life-threatening dystonic storm. Neuroimagings showed     bilateral calcification of the pallidum. Several treatment modalities were     performed, but the symptoms showed no significant improvement. The patient was     operated on in order to place a deep brain stimulation (DBS) targeting bilateral     globus pallidum internus (GPi). The dystonia showed a remarkable improvement     after surgery, with 81% reduction of dystonia severity after 15 months. To our     best knowledge, this is the youngest patient mentioned in the literature to be     treated with DBS, which was also life-saving in this case.
Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul, Turkey.
Sabri
S
Aydin
Bashar
B
Abuzayed
Serap
S
Uysal
Olcay
O
Unver
Mustafa
M
Uzan
Murat
M
Mengi
Osman
O
Kizilkilic
Murat
M
Hanci
D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D046690:Deep Brain Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D020821:Dystonic Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005917:Globus Pallidus / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome