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Tourette syndrome

Última revisão: 4 Aug 2025
Última atualização: 17 Jan 2023

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Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • male sex and early childhood onset
  • positive past psychiatric history
  • positive family history
  • abnormal movements
  • vocal sounds
  • premonitory sensation or urge
  • otherwise normal neurological exam
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • improvement of symptoms when focused on other tasks
  • worsening of symptoms under stress
  • ritualistic behaviors
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Fatores de risco

  • male sex
  • age 3 to 8 years
  • family history of TS or tics
  • history of OCD or ADHD
  • family history of OCD or ADHD
  • maternal prenatal smoking
  • first trimester maternal stress and severe nausea/vomiting
  • low birth weight
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • clinical diagnosis
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • brain MRI
  • EEG
  • premonitory urge for tics scale (PUTS)
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Algoritmo de tratamento

CONTÍNUA

without ADHD or OCD

with ADHD

with OCD

Colaboradores

Autores

Marco A. Grados, MD, MPH

Clinical Director

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Division for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Baltimore

MD

Declarações

MAG declares that he has no competing interests.

Agradecimentos

Dr Marco Grados would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Blanca Garcia-Delgar, Dr Barbara J. Coffey, Dr Victoria Chang and Dr Steven Frucht, the previous contributors to this topic.

Revisores

Anna Basu, BM, BCh, PhD, MA, MRCPCH

Specialised Registrar

Paediatric Neurology

Honorary Clinical Lecturer

Newcastle General Hospital

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

UK

Declarações

AB declares that she has no competing interests.

Jonathan Mink, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurology, Neurobiology, Anatomy and Pediatrics

Chief Child Neurology

University of Rochester

Rochester

NY

Declarações

JM is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Peer reviewer acknowledgements

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Disclosures

Peer reviewer affiliations and disclosures pertain to the time of the review.

Referências

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Principais artigos

Keen-Kim D, Freimer NB. Genetics and epidemiology of Tourette syndrome. J Child Neurol. 2006;21:665-671. Resumo

Mink JW. Neurobiology of basal ganglia and Tourette syndrome: basal ganglia circuits and thalamocortical outputs. Adv Neurol. 2006;99:89-98. Resumo

Cath DC, Hedderly T, Ludolph AG, et al; European Society for the Study of Tourette Syndrome (ESSTS) Guidelines Group. European clinical guidelines for Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders. Part I: assessment. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2011;20:155-171.Texto completo  Resumo

Whittington C, Pennant M, Kendall T, et al. Practitioner review: treatments for Tourette syndrome in children and young people - a systematic review. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2016 May 2 [Epub ahead of print]. Resumo

Verdellen C, van de Griendt J, Hartmann A, et al; European Society for the Study of Tourette Syndrome (ESSTS) Guidelines Group. European clinical guidelines for Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders. Part III: behavioural and psychosocial interventions. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2011;20:197-207.Texto completo  Resumo

Dutta N, Cavanna AE. The effectiveness of habit reversal therapy in the treatment of Tourette syndrome and other chronic tic disorders: a systematic review. Funct Neurol. 2013;28:7-12.Texto completo  Resumo

Roessner V, Plessen KJ, Rothenberger A, et al; European Society for the Study of Tourette Syndrome (ESSTS) Guidelines Group. European clinical guidelines for Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders. Part II: pharmacological treatment. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2011;20:173-196.Texto completo  Resumo

Jimenez-Jimenez FJ, Garcia-Ruiz PJ. Pharmacological options for the treatment of Tourette's disorder. Drugs. 2001;61:2207-2220. Resumo

Rizzo R, Gulisano M, Calì PV, et al. Tourette syndrome and comorbid ADHD: current pharmacological treatment options. Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2013;17:421-428. Resumo

Müller-Vahl KR, Cath DC, Cavanna AE, et al; European Society for the Study of Tourette Syndrome (ESSTS) Guidelines Group. European clinical guidelines for Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders. Part IV: deep brain stimulation. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2011;20:209-217.Texto completo  Resumo

Nangunoori R, Tomycz ND, Quigley M, et al. Deep brain stimulation for psychiatric diseases: a pooled analysis of published studies employing disease-specific standardized outcome scales. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2013;91:345-354.Texto completo  Resumo

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