RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 ‘Hand mechanogram’ in epilepsia partialis continua
JF Practical Neurology
JO Pract Neurol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 543
OP 545
DO 10.1136/practneurol-2021-003041
VO 21
IS 6
A1 Philippe A Salles
A1 Alberto J Espay
YR 2021
UL http://pn.bmj.com/content/21/6/543.abstract
AB Epilepsia partialis continua manifests as low-frequency, rhythmic involuntary movements of a focal body part. We report a young man, HIV-positive and with syphilis, who developed right-hand epilepsia partialis continua associated with a small left-sided cortico-subcortical frontal lesion. A pen and paper test provided ‘mechanographic’ data on frequency, amplitude and rhythmicity of the hand movements, helping distinguish it from other causes of low-frequency repetitive hand movements.