Abstract
We report an 18-year-old man with paroxysmal jerking movements of the left arm since age 7 years. These were invariably precipitated by startle or sudden movements. He was subsequently diagnosed with a cervical cord anaplastic astrocytoma on MRI. We could not identify previous reports of paroxysmal myoclonus secondary to a spinal cord neoplasm. We have coined the term Paroxysmal Kinesigenic Segmental Myoclonus to describe this entity.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1801-1803 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Movement Disorders |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 15 2007 |
Keywords
- Glioma
- Kinesigenic
- Myoclonus
- Paroxysmal
- Spinal cord
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology
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