Remission of tardive dystonia (blepharospasm) after electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with treatment-refractory schizophrenia

Tardive dystonia is a movement disorder dominated by involuntary muscle contractions that may be tonic, spasmodic, patterned or repetitive, associated with the use of dopamine-receptor blocking agents. Most of the patients with tardive dystonia present initially with blepharospasm. Treatment of dyst...

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Published inThe journal of ECT Vol. 21; no. 2; p. 132
Main Authors Sienaert, Pascal, Peuskens, Joseph
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.2005
Subjects
Adult
Antipsychotic Agents - therapeutic use
Blepharospasm - complications
Blepharospasm - therapy
Chronic Disease
Drug Resistance
Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced - complications
Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced - therapy
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Humans
Male
Remission Induction
Retreatment
Schizophrenia, Paranoid - complications
Schizophrenia, Paranoid - therapy
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Summary:Tardive dystonia is a movement disorder dominated by involuntary muscle contractions that may be tonic, spasmodic, patterned or repetitive, associated with the use of dopamine-receptor blocking agents. Most of the patients with tardive dystonia present initially with blepharospasm. Treatment of dystonia is generally disappointing. A patient with chronic paranoid schizophrenia who developed blepharospasm is described here. Blepharospasm remitted after a course of electroconvulsive therapy. Remission was sustained until 3 months after stopping maintenance electroconvulsive therapy.
ISSN:1095-0680
DOI:10.1097/01.yct.0000167464.79327.0d