Pseudoathetosis in a patient with leprosy

Mov Disord. 2003 May;18(5):598-601. doi: 10.1002/mds.10400.

Abstract

A 35-year-old man with borderline tuberculoid leprosy developed Type I lepra reaction 12 days after anti-leprosy treatment. There was acute worsening of neuropathic symptoms and skin lesions. He developed severe sensory ataxia and pseudoathetosis resulting in marked disability. His symptoms significantly improved on corticosteroid therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Athetosis / diagnosis*
  • Athetosis / drug therapy
  • Athetosis / etiology*
  • Biopsy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory / physiology
  • Humans
  • Hyalin / metabolism
  • Leprosy, Tuberculoid / complications*
  • Leprosy, Tuberculoid / diagnosis*
  • Male
  • Muscle, Skeletal / physiopathology
  • Neural Conduction / physiology
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Sensation Disorders / etiology
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Sural Nerve / metabolism
  • Sural Nerve / pathology

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Prednisolone