Spinal pseudoathetosis: a rare, forgotten syndrome, with a review of old and recent descriptions.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_3FE4F442D0D6
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Spinal pseudoathetosis: a rare, forgotten syndrome, with a review of old and recent descriptions.
Journal
Neurology
Author(s)
Ghika J., Bogousslavsky J.
ISSN
0028-3878 (Print)
ISSN-L
0028-3878
Publication state
Published
Issued date
1997
Volume
49
Number
2
Pages
432-437
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Adult, Astrocytoma/complications, Astrocytoma/surgery, Athetosis/diagnosis, Athetosis/etiology, Electromyography, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Pain, Postoperative Complications, Proprioception, Radiosurgery, Spinal Cord Diseases/diagnosis, Spinal Cord Diseases/etiology, Spinal Cord Neoplasms/complications, Spinal Cord Neoplasms/surgery, Syringomyelia/complications, Syringomyelia/physiopathology
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Web of science
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