Spectrum of movement disorders: Experience of a one and half year of existence of the first specialized center in Senegal.
Parkinsonism Relat Disord
; 98: 13-15, 2022 05.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Movement disorders have different prevalence in different regions and they are little studied in Africa.OBJECTIVES:
Evaluate the prevalence and determine the spectrum of movement disorders in the first specialized center in Senegal.METHODS:
It was a prospective study over on 18 months in adult outpatient clinic. Demographic, clinical, paraclinical data, including genetic test in collaboration with the Queen Square Institute of Neurology at UCL were collected.RESULTS:
One hundred and thirty four patients were followed up, representing a prevalence of 4.7%. Men represented 56% for a sex ratio of 1.3. The mean age of population was 47.7 ± 18 years with limits ranging from 16 to 81 years. Eighty-one patients (60.4%) had hyperkinetic and 53 patients (39.6%) had hypokinetic movements. Twenty-nine patients (21.6%) had tremors and 18 (13.4%) had dystonic movements. Ataxia and choreic movements were respectively in 11 (8.2%) and 10 patients (7.5%). Twenty-four patients (17.9%) were from a first-degree consanguineous. A genetic test on saliva samples was done in 16 patients (11.9%) and confirmed Huntington's disease in 8 patients of 6 families. Parkinson disease was the most frequent etiology (32.8%) followed by essential tremor (12.7%) and psychogenic tremor in 7.5%. Stroke accounted for 6% of the causes of MD (tremor, ballism, dystonia, ataxia and parkinsonism) and no etiology was found in 9%.CONCLUSION:
The spectrum of movement disorders is very heterogeneous with a non-negligible frequency and diverse etiologies in neurological practice in Senegal.Palavras-chave
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Tremor Essencial
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Distonia
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Transtornos dos Movimentos
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Ano de publicação:
2022
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