Deep Brain Stimulation in a Patient With Generalized Dystonia Painful Rebel to the Medical Therapy: A Case Report (Clinical Note)

Carla Coppola; Valerio Massimo Magro

doi:10.18502/crcp.v7i1.9636

Carla Coppola Department of Intensive Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Casa di Cura Alma Mater, Villa Camaldoli, Naples, Italy.
Valerio Massimo Magro Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatry, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli'', Naples, Italy.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/crcp.v7i1.9636

Keywords: Globus pallidus; Painful generalized dystonia; Muscle spasm; Muscle relaxants; Electrocatheter; Brain stimulation

Abstract

Cervical dystonia is a common malaise in the doctor's office. It is a movement disorder characterized by sustained involuntary muscle contractions and abnormal postures: the patient exhibits involuntary left head and neck turning. It can recognize various more or less severe conditions as etiological agents and still remains a difficult disorder to treat. We reviewed a clinical case, analyzing both the moments of differential diagnostics and the therapeutic choices, with particular interest in cerebral electrostimulation.