Propriospinal myoclonus in multiple sclerosis

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1992 Nov;55(11):1086-8. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.55.11.1086.

Abstract

The clinical and electrophysiological features of segmental myoclonus affecting the right arm and upper trunk are described in a patient with multiple sclerosis. Electrophysiological studies suggested that the myoclonus was propagated from a generator site in the cervical cord, where lesions were found using MRI. The spread of electromyographic activity in each myoclonic jerk was slow and variable. These findings are characteristic of propriospinal myoclonus, which has not been associated with multiple sclerosis previously.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Electromyography
  • Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Multiple Sclerosis / complications*
  • Multiple Sclerosis / diagnosis
  • Myoclonus / complications*
  • Myoclonus / diagnosis
  • Optic Neuritis / complications