TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Battered woman syndrome: an unusual presentation of pseudodystonia
JO  - Journal of neurosciences in rural practice
A1  - Chandra, Sadanandavalli Retnaswami
A1  - Issac, Thomas Gregor
SP  - 189
EP  - 190
VL  - 5
IS  - 2
N2  - Pseudodystonia is the term used to define abnormal postures, which are not due to the disorders of the basal ganglia and is encountered very rarely in clinical practice and often difficult to distinguish from true dystonia syndromes. We report a rare case of a battered woman who was managed as restricted resistant dystonia with pharmacotherapy and intrathecal baclofen and referred for considering deep brain stimulation (DBS). The patient turned out to be a case of pseudodystonia due to bilateral hip dislocation. This was due to assault by a close relative and the history was masked by the patient for more than one and a half years. In a patient with late onset dystonia, who is resistant to the recommended treatment for dystonia along with atypical clinical features and electrophysiological parameters, pseudodystonia should always be considered as a possible diagnosis and evaluated for causes of the same.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0976-3147
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.131679
ID  - ref1
ER  -