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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