Journal article
Spinal pseudoathetosis: a rare, forgotten syndrome, with a review of old and recent descriptions.
- Ghika J Service de Neurologie, CHUV, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Bogousslavsky J
- 1997-08-01
Published in:
- Neurology. - 1997
Adult
Astrocytoma
Athetosis
Electromyography
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Pain
Postoperative Complications
Proprioception
Radiosurgery
Spinal Cord Diseases
Spinal Cord Neoplasms
Syringomyelia
English
We report a patient with a cervical spinal astrocytoma who presented with athetotic hand movements. We postulate that acute pain, related to a syrinx around the operative site, contributed to the athetosis. These movements occur only after protracted, severe loss of proprioception, often in conjunction with an acute, generally painful crisis. Athetotic movements can disappear without change in proprioceptive or motor deficits when pain lessens.
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
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- DOI 10.1212/wnl.49.2.432
- PMID 9270573
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/242255
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