Belly Dancer’s Syndrome: a diagnostic challenge

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Autor(a) principal: Moreira,Ana Raquel
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Freitas,Ana Cristina, Rocha,Felisbela, Cardoso,Raquel, Fonseca,Paula
Tipo de documento: Relatório
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0872-07542017000100007
Resumo: Introduction: Belly Dancer’s syndrome is a rare movement disorder characterized by involuntary contractions of the diaphragm, causing abnormal movements in the abdominal wall. Many different causes were described such as trauma, infections, metabolic disorders and drug ingestion. Sometimes the cause remains uncertain and a psychogenic disturb has been suggested in others. Case report: A 14-year-old female presented with episodic involuntary movements of the abdomen that had started one week after falling. Besides these abnormal movements, physical examination was unremarkable. Belly Dancer’s syndrome was suspected and the neuroimaging revealed C3 and C4 nerve root injuries and several vertebral lesions. The treatment performed included oral chlorpromazine, immobilization with Jewett vest, rest and physiotherapy, with remarkable symptoms improvement. Discussion: This clinical presentation of this syndrome is quite unusual, which may lead to late diagnosis or ineffective treatments. We report a case of traumatic Belly Dancer’s syndrome that improved significantly with stabilization of the lesion.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Belly Dancer’s Syndrome: a diagnostic challenge
title Belly Dancer’s Syndrome: a diagnostic challenge
spellingShingle Belly Dancer’s Syndrome: a diagnostic challenge
Moreira,Ana Raquel
Belly Dancer’s syndrome
abdominal movements
adolescence
trauma
involuntary movements
title_short Belly Dancer’s Syndrome: a diagnostic challenge
title_full Belly Dancer’s Syndrome: a diagnostic challenge
title_fullStr Belly Dancer’s Syndrome: a diagnostic challenge
title_full_unstemmed Belly Dancer’s Syndrome: a diagnostic challenge
title_sort Belly Dancer’s Syndrome: a diagnostic challenge
author Moreira,Ana Raquel
author_facet Moreira,Ana Raquel
Freitas,Ana Cristina
Rocha,Felisbela
Cardoso,Raquel
Fonseca,Paula
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author2 Freitas,Ana Cristina
Rocha,Felisbela
Cardoso,Raquel
Fonseca,Paula
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Moreira,Ana Raquel
Freitas,Ana Cristina
Rocha,Felisbela
Cardoso,Raquel
Fonseca,Paula
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Belly Dancer’s syndrome
abdominal movements
adolescence
trauma
involuntary movements
topic Belly Dancer’s syndrome
abdominal movements
adolescence
trauma
involuntary movements
description Introduction: Belly Dancer’s syndrome is a rare movement disorder characterized by involuntary contractions of the diaphragm, causing abnormal movements in the abdominal wall. Many different causes were described such as trauma, infections, metabolic disorders and drug ingestion. Sometimes the cause remains uncertain and a psychogenic disturb has been suggested in others. Case report: A 14-year-old female presented with episodic involuntary movements of the abdomen that had started one week after falling. Besides these abnormal movements, physical examination was unremarkable. Belly Dancer’s syndrome was suspected and the neuroimaging revealed C3 and C4 nerve root injuries and several vertebral lesions. The treatment performed included oral chlorpromazine, immobilization with Jewett vest, rest and physiotherapy, with remarkable symptoms improvement. Discussion: This clinical presentation of this syndrome is quite unusual, which may lead to late diagnosis or ineffective treatments. We report a case of traumatic Belly Dancer’s syndrome that improved significantly with stabilization of the lesion.
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