Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD): differential diagnosis
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD): differential diagnosis. Frontal lobe epilepsy. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Neurological
- Frontal lobe epilepsy
- Trauma: central and peripheral
- Migraine
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Vascular lesions
- Moyamoya disease
Infective
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Metabolic
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References
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- Albanese A, Asmus F, Bhatia KP, et al. EFNS guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of primary dystonias. Eur J Neurol 2011; 18:5-18.
- Ledoux MS, Dauer WT, Warner TT. Emerging common molecular pathways for primary dystonia. Mov Disord 2013; 28:968-981.
- Fabbri M, Marini C, Bisulli F, et al. Clinical and polygraphic study of familial paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia with PRRT2 mutation. Epileptic Disord 2013; 15:123-127.
- Madhusudanan M, Bhatia KP, Balint B. Paroxysmal craniocervical dyskinesia as manifestation of frontal lobe epilepsy. Mov Disord 2011; 26:2580-2582.
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