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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders
• Chorea, choreoathetosis: drug induced, Huntington’s chorea, Sydenham’s chorea
• Dystonia (idiopathic, familial, drug induced [prochlorperazine, metoclopramide]), Wilson’s disease
• Hemiballismus (lacunar cerebrovascular accident [CVA] near subthalamic nuclei in basal ganglia, metastatic lesions, toxoplasmosis [in AIDS])
• Liver failure
• Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), polycythemia
• Tardive dyskinesia (e.g., phenothiazines)
• Thyrotoxicosis
• Chorea, choreoathetosis: drug induced, Huntington’s chorea, Sydenham’s chorea
• Dystonia (idiopathic, familial, drug induced [prochlorperazine, metoclopramide]), Wilson’s disease
• Hemiballismus (lacunar cerebrovascular accident [CVA] near subthalamic nuclei in basal ganglia, metastatic lesions, toxoplasmosis [in AIDS])
• Liver failure
• Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), polycythemia
• Tardive dyskinesia (e.g., phenothiazines)
• Thyrotoxicosis
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