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 b...

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Published in:Movement disorders 2007-11, Vol.22 (15), p.2287-2290
Main Authors: Pal, Pramod Kumar, Sinha, Sanjib, Pillai, Shibu, Taly, Arun B., Abraham, Rojin G.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases
Hepatolenticular Degeneration - complications
Hepatolenticular Degeneration - pathology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Medical sciences
Neurology
Neurosurgical Procedures
thalamotomy
Thalamus - surgery
tremor
Tremor - etiology
Tremor - pathology
Tremor - surgery
Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses
Wilson's disease
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Summary: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. © 2007 Movement Disorder Society
ISSN:0885-3185
1531-8257
DOI:10.1002/mds.21750