MASTURBATION MIMICKING PAROXYSMAL DYSTONIA OR DYSKINESIA IN A YOUNG GIRL

Authors
MINK JW NEIL JJ
Citation
Jw. Mink et Jj. Neil, MASTURBATION MIMICKING PAROXYSMAL DYSTONIA OR DYSKINESIA IN A YOUNG GIRL, Movement disorders, 10(4), 1995, pp. 518-520
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Movement disorders → ACNP
ISSN journal
08853185
Volume
10
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
518 - 520
Database
ISI
SICI code
0885-3185(1995)10:4<518:MMPDOD>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We present the case of a young girl with periodic posturing during mas turbation. The child had been evaluated by several physicians and unde rwent numerous diagnostic tests before the spells were seen by a physi cian and determined to be self-stimulatory and not paroxysmal dystonia . Masturbation is a normal and common behavior in young children and s hould be recognized as such. Failure to recognize this behavior can le ad to unnecessary and invasive testing.