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A puzzling case of acute dyskinesia

I was consulted by one of our Members about an adolescent boy who developed acute onset of severe dyskinetic movements that developed over just a few days. The movements were choreoathetoid and were prominent in the trunk and limbs but also involved the face and tongue. The involuntary movements were so severe that the child…

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