Tourettism in Multiple Sclerosis: A case report

Tic‐induced gait dysfunction

“…However, tics may also involve the entire body, causing complex movements such as kicking or stamping 6. Non‐episodic gait disorders have been described earlier in patients with tics, as a side effect of pharmacotherapy or surgery,7, 8 or in the context of the underlying neurological disease that caused the tics (eg, multiple sclerosis9). Occasionally, tics themselves may produce non‐episodic gait changes; eg, because of a secondary myelopathy caused by severe head tics 10.…”

Tic Disorder: An Unusual Presentation of Neurotoxoplasmosis in a Patient with AIDS

“…Previously, cases of tics or tourettism have been reported in the context of focal lesions, e.g. tumors involving basal ganglia and also multiple sclerosis lesions [15, 16]. The diagnosis reached after excluding the aforementioned differential diagnoses and considering the topography of lesions was dystonic tic.…”

Paroxysmal Symptoms in Multiple Sclerosis—A Review of the Literature

“…Tourettism is characterized by involuntary motor and phonic tics secondary to neurological and psychiatric disorders [ 44 ]. Only a few cases of tics in MS patients have been published.…”

“…The first patient had a simple phonic tic presenting as paroxysmal throat clearing sounds that were reduced after initiation of pimozide [ 45 ]. The second patient with secondary progressive MS was treated with quetiapine for Tourette-like symptoms with vocal tics, stereotyped movements, and coprolalia [ 44 ]. The third patient reported decreased vocalization of the phonic tics after administration of dronabinol [ 46 ].…”