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Peripheral Dystonia
Barbara Scherokman, MD;
Farhat Husain, MD;
Albert Cuetter, MD;
Bahman Jabbari, MD;
Elvira Maniglia, MD
Arch Neurol. 1986;43(8):830-832.
Abstract
• We studied four patients with distal, action-induced involuntary postures of the hand that could be considered focal dystonia. All four patients had electrophysiologic findings consistent with peripheral nervous system lesions (pronator teres syndrome, radial nerve palsy, lower brachial plexus lesion, or median nerve lesion). With varying success, patients were treated with carbamazepine, trihexyphenidyl, methocarbamol, and wrist splinting. We wish to emphasize that peripheral entrapment and brachial plexopathy should be added to the causes of secondary dystonias.
Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Neurology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md (Dr Scherokman); Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC (Drs Husain, Cuetter, and Jabbari); and Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md (Dr Maniglia).
Footnotes
Accepted for publication March 24, 1986.
Reprint requests to the Department of Neurology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd, Bethesda, MD 20814 (Dr Scherokman).
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