Late delayed postradiation spinal myoclonus or psychogenic movement disorder? | Zendy

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Late delayed postradiation spinal myoclonus or psychogenic movement disorder?

Author(s) -

Löscher Wolfgang N.,

Trinka Eugen

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

movement disorders

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352

H-Index - 198

eISSN - 1531-8257

pISSN - 0885-3185

DOI - 10.1002/mds.10330

Subject(s) - myoclonus , sequela , psychogenic disease , spinal cord , medicine , movement disorders , trunk , neurological disorder , neurology , central nervous system disease , psychology , anesthesia , neuroscience , surgery , psychiatry , pathology , ecology , disease , biology

We describe a patient with intermittent, at times rhythmic trunk flexion movements. Neurophysiological assessment excluded a psychogenic movement disorder. The segmental spinal myoclonus occurred 6 years after radiation therapy of the brain and entire spinal cord, and we suggest this patient to be the first case of a late‐delayed sequela of spinal cord irradiation presenting as segmental spinal myoclonus. © 2002 Movement Disorder Society

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