Early Remission in Focal Tardive Dystonia Associated with the Use of Neuroleptic Medication: A Rare Case Report and Review of Literature

Abstract

Tardive dystonia is a movement disorder which develops with twisting of one part of the body or abnormal posture because of severe muscle contractions. The most important factor in the occurrence of tardive dystonia is the use of antipsychotic medication. Tardive dystonia associated with long-term use of antipsychotic drugs may be focal, segmental or generalised. When tardive dystonia has occurred once, there is a tendency for it to be permanent and complete recovery is rare. The aim of this paper was to present a case of neuroleptic drug-associated tardive dystonia with focal involvement where early remission was observed and thus draw attention to the necessity of considering physical therapy approaches in addition to medication in the treatment choices. [Med-Science 2015; 4(1.000): 2013-23]

Keywords

• Tardive dystonia
• neuroleptic
• early remission
• physical therapy