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Increased mechanical muscle irritability syndrome
Author(s) -
Alberca R.,
Rafel E.,
Castilla J. M.,
GilPeralta A.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1980.tb03032.x
Subject(s) - irritability , myotonia , medicine , spinal muscular atrophy , atrophy , muscle atrophy , myotonic dystrophy , anatomy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , neuroscience , pathology , psychology , disease , menopause
The patient reported here presented electrically silent rolling movements of the muscle under hand compression, myoedema and myotoniclike muscle responses to mechanical stimulation. These muscle contractions suggest a disturbance of the function of the myofibrillar apparatus. The neuromuscular syndrome of our case is similar to the muscular disorder described by Torbergsen (1975), but in addition histochemical and electron microscopic studies of the muscle showed morphological abnormalities not related to any specific muscle disease. Furthermore, a cerebellar syndrome attributed to a cerebellar atrophy was the patient's main complaint. Both the neuromuscular syndrome and the cerebellar disorder were semiologically independent of each other.