The Pan African Medical Journal (Sep 2018)

Post-traumatic tremor in child after mild head trauma

  • Ploutarchos Karydakis,
  • Dimitrios Giakoumettis,
  • Ioannis Nikas,
  • Dimitrios Panagopoulos,
  • George Sfakianos,
  • Marios Themistocleous

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.31.53.16991
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 31, no. 53

Abstract

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Despite the fact that movement disorders can be noted after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), there are very few cases in the literature regarding children with a mild head injury. In addition, their pathophysiological mechanism, radiological features, and treatment options have not been well described yet. Hereby, we report a case of a 3-year-old girl who suffered a head injury after a two-meter fall, resulting in generalized body tremor and dystonia.

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