Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47163#.VGBQOWfHRK0 Author(s) Catherine Smith , Jason Ramtahal Affiliation(s) Department of Neurology, South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Torbay, UK . Department of Neurology, South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Torbay, UK . ABSTRACT This report presents a case of propriospinal myoclonus (PSM) in a previously fit and well female patient who presented with truncal jerking movements when relaxed. Propriospinal myoclonus is a rare condition, of which 80% of the aetiology is idiopathic. It is characterised by involuntary jerking movements of the trunk due to spreading activity via intrinsic propriospinal pathways along...
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