Citation

Lehman LL, Gilbert DL, Leach JL, Wu SW, Standridge SM. Neurology 2011; 77(18): 1706-1708.

Affiliation

From the Division of Neurology (L.L.L., D.L.G., S.W.W., S.M.S.) and Department of Radiology (J.L.L.), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1212/WNL.0b013e318238253c

PMID

21975212

Abstract

Tourette syndrome is a childhood onset neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by involuntary or urge-driven motor and vocal tics. When tics cause impairment or pain, medical treatment is often recommended.(1) We present a patient with Tourette syndrome who had treatment-refractory violent neck tics. We propose that the frequent violent neck tics caused a vertebral artery dissection leading to right pontine and bilateral cerebellar infarcts.

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