Deep brain stimulation in a dentatorubral-pallidoluyisian atrophy patient with myoclonic dystonia

作者：Nam Taek Min; Cho Kyung Rae; Youn Jinyoung; Cho Jin Whan; Lee Jung Il^*

来源：Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 2015, 22(12): 1976-1978.

DOI：10.1016/j.jocn.2015.04.010

• Deep brain stimulation
• Dentatorubral-pallidoluyisian atrophy
• Globus pallidus internus
• Myoclonic dystonia
• Secondary dystonia

We describe a patient with myoclonic dystonia caused by dentatorubral-pallidoluyisian atrophy (DRPLA), which was successfully controlled with bilateral deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the globus pallidus internus (GPi). DRPLA is a rare disease which can progressively cause a loss or degeneration of neurons in the globus pallidus, dentate nucleus, subthalamic nucleus, and red nucleus. This observation is another example of secondary dystonia which can be controlled by GPi-DBS in carefully selected patients.

• 出版日期2015-12