Athetosis: Causes & Reasons

Possible Causes for Athetosis

Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase Deficiency

Athetosis may worsen with attempts at movement of posture, but athetosis can also occur at rest. [rarediseases.oscar.ncsu.edu]

The phenomenology of the movement disorder includes intermittent oculogyric crises and limb dystonia, generalized athetosis, and impaired voluntary movement. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Characteristic features included axial hypotonia, hypokinesia, and athetosis, with superimposed episodes of ocular convergence spasm, oculogyric crises, dystonia, and limb [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Hemiballismus

Many times athetosis and chorea occur together and that is called choreoathetosis. [lets-jam.com]

What is Athetosis? Athetosis is slow writhing movements especially seen in fingers. What characteristic lesion can lead to athetosis? [usmlefasttrack.com]

Chorea and athetosis are defined by clinical manifestations; many experts believe that when they occur together (as choreoathetosis), athetosis is a dystonia superimposed [merckmanuals.com]

Chorea Gravidarum

Chorea and athetosis are defined by clinical manifestations; many experts believe that when they occur together (as choreoathetosis), athetosis is a dystonia superimposed [msdmanuals.com]

Chorea and athetosis result from impaired inhibition of thalamocortical neurons by the basal ganglia. Excess dopaminergic activity may be the mechanism. [msdmanuals.com]

Athetosis (slow chorea) is nonrhythmic, slow, writhing, sinuous movements predominantly in distal muscles, often alternating with postures of the proximal limbs. [msdmanuals.com]

Gaucher Disease

Gaucher's disease Acid beta-glucosidase Specialty Endocrinology Gaucher's disease or Gaucher disease () (GD) is a genetic disorder in which glucocerebroside (a sphingolipid, also known as glucosylceramide) accumulates in cells and certain organs. The disorder is characterized by bruising, fatigue, anemia, low blood[…] [en.wikipedia.org]

Infantile Convulsions and Choreoathetosis

The attacks typically last only several seconds and result in dystonia, chorea, athetosis, or ballism. The involuntary movements do not cause loss of consciousness. [genedx.com]

Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia/choreoathetosis is characterized by brief attacks of involuntary movements (dystonia, chorea, athetosis, and ballism), precipitated by a [pediatricneurologybriefs.com]

Publisher Full Text Authors +Show Affiliations, Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto University School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. hhat@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp Source MeSH Adolescent Athetosis [wwww.unboundmedicine.com]

Adult-Onset Cervical Dystonia Type DYT23

AETIOLOGY: ATHETOSIS Childhood (double athetosis) Anoxic brain damage Kernicterus Post encephalitic Status mormorotus usually acquired lesion Status dysmylinatous Hallivordon [documents.tips]

1.ATHETOSIS AND DYSTONIA Dr PS Deb MD, DM Director Neurology GNRC Hospitals ,Guwahati Assam, India 2. [vdocuments.net]

The attacks in this disorder are clinically characterized by a combination of chorea, athetosis and dystonia in excessively exercised body regions. [docslide.net]

Gaucher Disease Type 2

A Japanese patient with Gaucher disease type 2 was treated with enzyme therapy, alglucerase, from 7 to 22 months of age. Whereas hematologic parameters were normalized and hepatosplenomegaly was alleviated, no improvement in neurologic symptoms occurred, and the patient died of respiratory failure at age 22[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Paroxysmal Non-Kinesigenic Dyskinesia

The attacks of PNKD may consist of various combinations of dystonia, chorea, athetosis and balism. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Paroxysmal non-kinesigenic dyskinesia (PNKD) is an autosomal-dominant movement disorder characterized by attacks of dystonia, chorea and athetosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Athetosis Athetosis is a disorder characterized by movements that are continuous, slow, and writhing. [encyclopedia.com]

Chorea

If people have chorea and athetosis, treatments that help relieve the chorea tend to also help relieve athetosis. [msdmanuals.com]

Athetosis usually affects the hands and feet. [msdmanuals.com]

When chorea and athetosis occur together, the movements are writhing, dancelike, and slower than in chorea but faster than in athetosis. [msdmanuals.com]

Senile Chorea

If people have chorea and athetosis, treatments that help relieve the chorea tend to also help relieve athetosis. [merckmanuals.com]

Athetosis is a continuous stream of slow, flowing, writhing involuntary movements. It usually affects the hands and feet. [msdmanuals.com]

Chapter 15 Chorea, ballism, and athetosis Chorea consists of involuntary, continual, abrupt, rapid, brief, unsustained, irregular movements that flow randomly from one body [clinicalgate.com]

Athetoid Cerebral Palsy

We classify the movement disorder as athetosis as described by Hammond and Shaw and the syndrome as mild athetoid cerebral palsy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Speech can be affected to some degree in people with athetosis Similarly, a person with athetosis may experience difficulties with eating and drinking A person with athetosis [cerebralpalsy.org.au]

Most children with athetosis have a quadriplegic pattern though the arms will usually be more affected than the legs. [originsofcerebralpalsy.com]

Extrapyramidal Disorder

Dystonia and Athetosis? Athetosis? [slideplayer.com]

Focal or diffuse cerebral lesions: Cerebral palsy, Stroke Slide 14: Hemiballismus: lesion to subthalamic nucleos of lewis Commonly ischemic ATHETOSIS : ATHETOSIS Means “Changeable [authorstream.com]

Chorea often occurs with athetosis as choreoathetosis. [merckmanuals.com]

Melhem-Fahl Syndrome

Mental mixed retardation deafnes clubbed digits Mental retardation anophthalmia craniosynostosis Mental retardation arachnodactyly hypotonia telangiectasia Mental retardation athetosis [en.wikipedia.org]

Mental retardation a-Mental retardation m Mental retardation anophthalmia craniosynostosis Mental retardation arachnodactyly hypotonia telangiectasia Mental retardation athetosis [statemaster.com]

[…] retardation X linked short stature obesity Mental retardation anophthalmia craniosynostosis Mental retardation arachnodactyly hypotonia telangiectasia Mental retardation athetosis [mindmappedia.com]

Pyramidal Tract Disorder

Chorea often occurs with athetosis as choreoathetosis. [merckmanuals.com]

Athetosis B. Chorea C. Tremors D. Rigidity E. Ballismus All of the following are examples of dyskinesia EXCEPT: A. Athetosis This answer is INCORRECT. [nba.uth.tmc.edu]

Different types of dyskinesia include myoclonus, tics, chorea, athetosis and tremors. [kenhub.com]

Kernicterus

Both children have dystonia, athetosis, upward gaze palsy, and sensorineural hearing loss, with MRIs showing characteristic abnormal signal in the globus pallidus. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Clinical features include athetosis, MUSCLE SPASTICITY or hypotonia, impaired vertical gaze, and DEAFNESS. [fpnotebook.com]

[…] approximately to: 2015/16 ICD-10-CM P57.8 Other specified kernicterus Clinical Information Brain disorder associated with high levels of bilrubin; clinical features include athetosis [icd9data.com]

Oculocerebral Hypopigmentation Syndrome Type Cross

List of possible causes of Athetosis or similar symptoms may include: 2 Aldosterone-producing adenoma with seizures and neurological abnormalities (Athetosis) Allan-Herndon-Dudley [familydiagnosis.com]

Athetosis may worsen with attempts at movement of posture, but athetosis can also occur at rest. [rarediseases.oscar.ncsu.edu]

|Autosomal dominant oculocutaneous albinism (disorder)|Cross syndrome|Cross syndrome (disorder)|Gingival fibromatosis, hypopigmentation, microphthalmia, oligophrenia AND athetosis [averbis.com]

Ataxic Cerebral Palsy

In a majority of cases, the predominant motor abnormality is spasticity; other forms of cerebral palsy include dyskinetic (dystonia or choreo-athetosis) and ataxic cerebral [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Athetoid Cerebral Palsy Athetoid or athetosis is the term used for uncontrolled movements. [cpaustralia.com.au]

Movement Disorder

Chorea often occurs with athetosis as choreoathetosis. [msdmanuals.com]

In mid-19th-century movement disorders were localized to striatum by Choreaby Broadbent and Jackson, and athetosis by Hammond. [en.wikipedia.org]

Athetosis has features of dystonia and chorea and often occurs with chorea as choreoathetosis. [msdmanuals.com]

Paroxysmal Exertion-Induced Dyskinesia

Athetosis Athetosis is a disorder characterized by movements that are continuous, slow, and writhing. [encyclopedia.com]

[…] may include any combination of involuntary, rapid, randomly irregular jerky movements (chorea); relatively slow, writhing motions that appear to flow into one another ( athetosis [neugenes.org]

When chorea and athetosis occur simultaneously, the term choreoathetosis has been used. Choreoathetosis may coexist with dystonia or occur independently. [dystonia-foundation.org]

Malignant Hyperthermia - Arthrogryposis - Torticollis

Mental retardation a – Mental retardation m Mental retardation anophthalmia craniosynostosis Mental retardation arachnodactyly hypotonia telangiectasia Mental retardation athetosis [en.wikipedia.org]

Mental retardation a-Mental retardation m Mental retardation anophthalmia craniosynostosis Mental retardation arachnodactyly hypotonia telangiectasia Mental retardation athetosis [thefullwiki.org]

Mental retardation athetosis microphthalmia[?] Mental retardation blepharophimosis obesity web neck[?] Mental retardation Buenos Aires type[?] [encyclopedia.kids.net.au]

Infantile Hemiplegia

Post-hemiplegic movements consist of tremors, choreiform movements, and athetosis. Diagnosis . [henriettes-herb.com]

Choreiform Gait (Hyperkinetic Gait) This gait is seen with certain basal ganglia disorders including Sydenham chorea, Huntington Disease and other forms of chorea, athetosis [web.archive.org]

Instead, there are slow, involuntary spasms of the face, neck, and extremities, either on one side (hemiathetosis) or, more frequently, on both sides (double athetosis), with [britannica.com]

Paroxysmal Kinesigenic Dyskinesia

[…] recently been identified as a causative gene of Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD), a rare movement disorder characterised by the occurrence of chorea, dystonia or athetosis [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Athetosis Athetosis is a disorder characterized by movements that are continuous, slow, and writhing. [encyclopedia.com]

An episode may involve slow, prolonged muscle contractions (dystonia); small, fast, "dance-like" motions (chorea); writhing movements of the limbs (athetosis); or, rarely, [ghr.nlm.nih.gov]

Myelocerebellar Disorder

Mental retardation a-Mental retardation m * Mental retardation anophthalmia craniosynostosis * Mental retardation arachnodactyly hypotonia telangiectasia * Mental retardation athetosis [en.academic.ru]

Mental retardation a-Mental retardation m Mental retardation anophthalmia craniosynostosis Mental retardation arachnodactyly hypotonia telangiectasia Mental retardation athetosis [thefullwiki.org]

[…] hyperactivity disorder Abnormality of movement Dysarthria Type II diabetes mellitus Neurological speech impairment Poor suck Decreased antibody level in blood Delayed puberty Athetosis [mendelian.co]

Mononen-Karnes-Senac Syndrome

Mental retardation a-Mental retardation m Mental retardation anophthalmia craniosynostosis Mental retardation arachnodactyly hypotonia telangiectasia Mental retardation athetosis [thefullwiki.org]

Nothnagel Syndrome

3rd nerve palsy with Contralateral cerebellar ataxia Benedicts Syndrome Due to involvement of red nucleus Ipsilateral 3rd nerve palsy with contralateral chorea,tremors, athetosis [masterofmedicine.com]

Nothnagel's syndrome is characterized by - 1) Ipsilateral III nerve palsy, contralateral tremor, chorea and athetosis 2) Ipsilateral III nerve palsy, contralateral cerebral [upscgk.com]

[…] palsy, Dilated pupil, Diplopia, Ptosis, lateral rectus, midbrain syndromes, benedikt syndrome, Nothnagel syndrome, Claude syndrome, Weber syndrome, red nucleus, Chorea, athetosis [hn.vip-vlip.lv]

Juvenile Huntington Disease

Eventually intellectual impairment; loss of fine motor control; ATHETOSIS; and diffuse chorea involving axial and limb musculature develops, leading to a vegetative state [ebi.ac.uk]

Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Laband Syndrome (ear, nose, bone and nail defects with hepatosplenomegaly); Jones' Syndrome (progressive deafness); Cross Syndrome (microphthalmia, mental retardation, athetosis [ijri.org]

Cross syndrome presents with microphthalmia mental retardation, athetosis, and hypopigmentation. Jones syndrome presents with progressive deafness. [jdrntruhs.org]

Murray‑Puretic‑Drescher syndrome (multiple dental hyaline tumors), Rutherford syndrome (corneal dystrophy), Cowden syndrome (multiple hamartomas ), and Cross syndrome (hypopigmentation with athetosis [ijcdc.com]

Autosomal Recessive Primary Microcephaly Type 10

[…] homeostasis Sensorineural hearing impairment Poor speech Ataxia CSF lymphocytic pleiocytosis Death in childhood Hemiplegia Poor head control Delayed myelination Slow progression Athetosis [mendelian.co]

Abnormality of the cerebral white matter Abnormal facial shape Delayed speech and language development Visual impairment Exotropia Choreoathetosis Left ventricular noncompaction Athetosis [mendelian.co]

Cerebral Palsy

Athetosis Whereas spastic cerebral palsy doesn't permit the muscles to relax, with athetosis, the muscles are subjected to excessive and uncontrollable movement. [my.clevelandclinic.org]

Athetosis, self-mutilation, and hyperuricemia in boys indicate Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. [merckmanuals.com]

The characteristics of each of these syndromes are not mutually exclusive, and a child may have spastic cerebral palsy in his or her legs as well as a degree of athetosis [my.clevelandclinic.org]

Autosomal Dominant Spastic Paraplegia Type 9A

Athetosis B. Chorea C. Tremors D. Rigidity E. Ballismus All of the following are examples of dyskinesia EXCEPT: A. Athetosis This answer is INCORRECT. [nba.uth.tmc.edu]

Very few SLC2A1-mutated patients with a spastic paraplegia phenotype have been reported so far, and they are associated with paroxysmal choreo-athetosis (i.e., DYT9). [readbyqxmd.com]

Athetosis is characterized by involuntary, writhing movements, especially of the hands and face. [nba.uth.tmc.edu]