title: Paroxysmal Kinesigenic Dyskinesia as the Presenting and Only Manifestation of Multiple Sclerosis after Eighteen Months of Follow-Up.
abstract: Other than tremor, movement disorders are uncommon in multiple sclerosis. Among these uncommon clinical manifestations, paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia is the most frequently reported. It is characterized by episodic attacks of involuntary movements that are induced by repetitive or sudden movements, startling noise or hyperventilation. The diagnosis is essentially clinical and based on a good observation of the attacks. It is very easy to misdiagnose it. We describe the case of a young female patient who presented paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia as the first and only clinical manifestation of multiple sclerosis, with no recurrence of attacks nor any other neurologic symptom after eighteen months of follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), CHU UCL Namur, Yvoir, Belgium.|Department of Internal Medicine, Université Catholique de Bukavu (UCB), Faculty of Medicine, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
authors.forename: Marius
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baguma
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), CHU UCL Namur, Yvoir, Belgium.|Institute of NeuroScience (IoNS), Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ossemann
keywords: MRI lesions; Movement disorders; multiple sclerosis; paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia