Reversible Pisa syndrome (pleurothotonus) due to the cholinesterase inhibitor galantamine: case report.

We report on a case of reversible Pisa syndrome developed after treatment with galantamine in a patient with Alzheimer's disease without previous exposure to neuroleptic or other cholinesterase inhibitors. Complete and persistent resolution of the syndrome was achieved several weeks after botulinum toxin type-A injection. (C) 2004 Movement Disorder Society.