Paroxysmal kinesigenic segmental myoclonus due to a spinal cord glioma

Manuel Marrufo; Jeffrey Politsky; Shyamal Mehta; John Christopher Morgan; Kapil Dev Sethi

doi:10.1002/mds.21635

Paroxysmal kinesigenic segmental myoclonus due to a spinal cord glioma

Manuel Marrufo, Jeffrey Politsky, Shyamal Mehta, John Christopher Morgan, Kapil Dev Sethi

Neurology

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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	https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.21635
State	Published - Sep 15 2007

Keywords

Glioma
Kinesigenic
Myoclonus
Paroxysmal
Spinal cord

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Clinical Neurology
Neuroscience(all)

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