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Paroxysmal kinesigenic segmental myoclonus due to a spinal cord glioma

  • Manuel Marrufo
    ,
  • Jeffrey Politsky
    ,
  • Shyamal Mehta(corresponding author)
    ,
  • John C. Morgan
    ,
  • Kapil D. Sethi
*Corresponding author for this work
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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.

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Original language

English (US)

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 1801-1803 (3 pages)

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Movement Disorders (Volume 22, Issue 12)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 09/15/2007

Publication status

Published - 09/15/2007

ISSN

0885-3185

Publication IDs

  • Scopus: 35348935517
  • PubMed: 17595044

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