RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Bilateral chorea following severe traumatic brain injury treated with risperidone
JF BMJ Case Reports
JO BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e241929
DO 10.1136/bcr-2021-241929
VO 14
IS 5
A1 Daniel Krasna
A1 Erica Montgomery
A1 Jacob Koffer
A1 Miriam Segal
YR 2021
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/5/e241929.abstract
AB A functionally independent man in his 20s with a history of intellectual disability and epilepsy and family history of Huntington’s disease suffered a severe traumatic brain injury. Postinjury, bilateral chorea rendered him dependent for all activities of daily living. Risperidone provided a significant reduction of chorea, decreasing the overall burden of care. Movement disorders are a common sequela of brain injury. Currently, there are no best treatment guidelines for chorea in patients with brain injury. To the authors’ knowledge there have been no case reports describing the effects of brain injury on patients with a primary movement disorder. Risperidone was an effective treatment in this case. Further research is needed to establish guidelines for treatment of movement disorders following brain injury and to better understand the effect of brain injuries on primary movement disorders.