Adult-Onset Tics After Being Crushed by an Air Conditioner: A Case Report

Madeline G Kroeger; Teri Thomsen; Prashant A Natteru

doi:10.7759/cureus.45741

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Adult-Onset Tics After Being Crushed by an Air Conditioner: A Case Report

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Adult-Onset Tics After Being Crushed by an Air Conditioner: A Case Report

Madeline G Kroeger, Teri Thomsen and Prashant A Natteru

Curēus (Palo Alto, CA), Vol.15(9), e45741

09/21/2023

DOI: 10.7759/cureus.45741

PMCID: PMC10591533

PMID: 37876411

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Abstract

Tics are sudden, repetitive, non-rhythmic movements and/or vocalizations. Generally, tics begin during childhood as a part of Tourette syndrome (TS) and rarely have an onset during adulthood. We describe a 30-year-old male who presented with multiple motor and vocal tics two weeks following a closed head injury with alteration of consciousness as a result of being crushed against the wall by a 4,100-pound air-conditioning unit. He started having motor tics that developed in a rostrocaudal distribution, followed by simple and complex vocal tics. His tics increased in severity over several months following the injury until presentation. He was started on pimozide and received hyperbaric oxygen treatment which improved both motor and vocal tics.

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Title: Subtitle: Adult-Onset Tics After Being Crushed by an Air Conditioner: A Case Report
Creators: Madeline G Kroeger
Teri Thomsen
Prashant A Natteru
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Curēus (Palo Alto, CA), Vol.15(9), e45741
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.45741
PMID: 37876411
PMCID: PMC10591533
NLM abbreviation: Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
eISSN: 2168-8184
Language: English
Date published: 09/21/2023
Academic Unit: Neurology
Record Identifier: 9984472654002771

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