Gilles de la Tourette's Syndrome: A Commonly Misdiagnosed Neurobehavioral Disorder

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We report two cases of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome Case 1, thrity year old male, presented with complains of episodes of finger drumming and titubation. Upon further enquiring into the history, the patient recalls history of multiple tics occurring daily since childhood. There was history of obsessive compulsive bhaviour and palilalia. Case 2 is that of a ten year old boy who also presented with multiple motor tics. The parents ggave history suggestive of obsessive compulsive behavior, attention deficit hyperactive disorder and coprolalia. In both case the routine haematological and biochemical investigations were within normal limits. CT scan head and EEG were normal.