PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Steven Inbody
AU  - Joseph Jankovic
TI  - Hyperkinetic mutism
AID  - 10.1212/WNL.36.6.825
DP  - 1986 Jun 01
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 825--825
VI  - 36
IP  - 6
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/36/6/825.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/36/6/825.full
SO  - Neurology1986 Jun 01; 36
AB  - We studied a 70-year-old woman with a unique combination of hyperkinesia and mutism. These findings differed from akinetic mutism because there was continuous bilateral ballism and dystonia—hence the term “hyperkinetic mutism.” CT demonstrated bilateral calcifications in the basal ganglia, and MRI indicated bilateral watershed infarcts. Different dopaminergic mechanisms may underlie the hyperkinesia and mutism.