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Isolated Propriospinal Myoclonus as a Presentation of Cervical Myelopathy

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements

Volume 8 (2018): Issue 0

By: Paula Marrero-González, Berta Pascual-Sedano, Alejandro Martínez-Domeño, L. Estefanía Díaz-Polo, Esther Granell, Rodrigo Rodríguez, Alexandre Gironell and Daniel Guisado-Alonso

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|Nov 2018

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Propriospinal Myoclonus. Sudden and involuntary movements consisting in repetitive flexor and extensor arrhythmic and anarchic brief jerks of the trunk. The movements are spontaneous, painless and with no facial involvement.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Findings. Short tau inversion recovery sequence of MRI showing high signal intensity in the cervical spine at the C1–C2 level corresponding to spinal cord compression due to herniation of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum (Arnold–Chiari type I malformation).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.450 | Journal eISSN: 2160-8288

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Language: English

Submitted on: Aug 12, 2018

Accepted on: Oct 11, 2018

Published on: Nov 26, 2018

Published by: Columbia University Libraries/Information Services

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

Keywords:

Clinical neurology examination,

propriospinal myoclonus,

Arnold–Chiari,

sickle-cell disease

© 2018 Paula Marrero-González, Berta Pascual-Sedano, Alejandro Martínez-Domeño, L. Estefanía Díaz-Polo, Esther Granell, Rodrigo Rodríguez, Alexandre Gironell, Daniel Guisado-Alonso, published by Columbia University Libraries/Information Services
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