Benign Familial Essential Head Tremor: A Case Report

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Essential tremor is a movement disordercharacterized by tremors of the hands and head and seen in5-10% of patients above the age of 60 years.Case report We report a case of benign essential familialhead tremor that was diagnosed when the patient was referredfor psychiatric fitness and that responded very well toPropranolol.Conclusion: It is a condition where the causative factors andthe pathophysiology are ill understood and there are no fixedneuroimaging paradigms for the disorder.