Reversible Pisa syndrome (pleurothotonus) due to the cholinesterase inhibitor galantamine: case report

Movement Disorders : Official Journal of the Movement Disorder Society
Giovanni CossuPaolo Francesco Putzu

Abstract

We report on a case of reversible Pisa syndrome developed after treatment with galantamine in a patient with Alzheimer's disease without previous exposure to neuroleptic or other cholinesterase inhibitors. Complete and persistent resolution of the syndrome was achieved several weeks after botulinum toxin type-A injection.

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