MR-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for lithium-induced tremor: a case report and literature review
Kate Gelman, Joseph Melott, Vishal Thakur, Abdul R. Tarabishy, Ana Brandt, Peter Konrad, Manish Ranjan, Adeel A. Memon · 2024
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Kate Gelman and seven co-authors report a 2024 case of tremor caused by lithium, the mood drug, treated with focused sound waves. About a quarter of lithium patients develop tremor, and stopping the drug is often not an option. A fifty-five-year-old left-handed man had shaking in both arms that medicines could not tame.
Surgeons used MRI-guided focused ultrasound to make a tiny lesion in the thalamus on the side opposite his left hand, with no incision. His left-hand tremor nearly vanished at once. At ninety days the control held, with no side effects reported. The authors note the method is approved for essential tremor but had never been reported for drug-induced tremor. They present the case as a possible new option, while one patient cannot settle the question.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Kate Gelman, Joseph Melott, Vishal Thakur, Abdul R. Tarabishy, Ana Brandt, Peter Konrad, Manish Ranjan, Adeel A. Memon |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 22 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |