Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia presentingwith transient involuntary twitching movementsinvolving right leg in a 24-year-old man respondingwell to topiramate
Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia presentingwith transient involuntary twitching movementsinvolving right leg in a 24-year-old man respondingwell to topiramate

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Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD) is presented as a short paroxysmal attack of focal or generalizedinvoluntary movement. The most common treatments for PKD are carbamazepine and phenytoin. Though the cases ofclinically diagnosed PKD with a good response to topiramate have been already reported, this patient was unique in severalways. Here, we reported the case of a 24-year-old patient with PKD for one year, and described the pathogenesis of PKD