We report the case of a 44-year-old patient with DYT-TUBB4A with a clinical presentation of disabling progressive dystonia, with a prominent laryngeal, cervical and facial involvement.
Bipallidal deep brain stimulation (DBS) resulted in a 55% reduction of dystonia severity assessed by the Burke-Fahn-Marsden scale score 6 months after surgery. The effect was obvious on the cervical and facial components of dystonia.
We suggest that bipallidal DBS should be considered in patients with disabling dystonia related to TUBB4A variants.