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Paroxysmal Dysesthesia in Multiple Sclerosis
Author(s) -
Yabuki Seiso,
Hayabara Toshiyuki
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1979.tb00178.x
Subject(s) - dysesthesia , medicine , multiple sclerosis , spinal cord , paroxysmal dyskinesia , neurological disorder , neuroscience , psychology , central nervous system disease , pathology , psychiatry , dyskinesia , disease , parkinson's disease
Summary Seven cases of multiple sclerosis with paroxysmal dysesthesias of an upper extremity were reported. This seizure characteristically is a purely sensory one induced by movements and is not accompanied by convulsions or a disorder of voluntary movements. In other ways it shares some features with other paroxysmal manifestations seen in MS. Clinical observations with subsequent neurophysiologic considerations have led to the hypothesis that paroxysmal dysesthesias are segmental symptoms with their foci lying in or about the spinal cord.