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A 7-year-old boy presented with recurrent eye blinking behavior and recurrent extension of extremities,mother describe the movement as sudden

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A 7-year-old boy presented with recurrent eye blinking behavior and recurrent extension of extremities,mother describe the movement as sudden. rapid, and repetitive movements,it was present in the last9 months. Of the following,the MOST appropriate diagnosi si


  1. Tourette\'s disorder
  2. persistent motor tic disorder
  3. rovisional tic disorder
  4. post-viral encephalitis
  5. Sydenham chorea

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(C). A tic is a sudden, rapid, recurrent (in the same manner), non-rhythmic motor, movement or vocalizatione.g. eye blinking, neck jerking, shoulder shrugging, extension of the extremities. Onset of tics is typically between ages 4 and 6 yr, in Tourette's disorder both multiple motor and one or more vocal tics have been present at some time during the illness,may be concurrently for > 1year. ln chronic or persistent tic disorder either one or more motor or vocal tics are present during the course of the diseasewhile in provisionaltic disorders the duration is < 1 yr. Chorea is involuntary, random, quick,jerking movements, most often of the proximal extremities, that flow from joint to joint (not in same manner), movements are abrupt, non-repetitive, and arrhythmic and have variable frequency and intensity.

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