RESUMO
Paroxysmal sensorimotor phenomena of the spinal cord have been associated with contrast material injection, transverse myelitis, spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis. We report a 48-year-old woman with recurrent tonic spasms, which occurred 1 month after acute cervical cord myelopathy. A tingling sensation beginning in the left leg was followed by painful tonic spasm and abnormal sensation of the upper and lower right limbs except the face. Consciousness, scalp EEG was normal and SPECT showed hot uptake in the cervical cord during spasms.
Assuntos
Feminino , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estado de Consciência , Eletroencefalografia , Extremidades , Perna (Membro) , Esclerose Múltipla , Mielite Transversa , Couro Cabeludo , Sensação , Espasmo , Medula Espinal , Doenças da Medula Espinal , Traumatismos da Medula Espinal , Tomografia Computadorizada de Emissão de Fóton ÚnicoRESUMO
Paroxysmal sensorimotor phenomena of the spinal cord have been associated with contrast material injection, transverse myelitis, spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis. We report a 48-year-old woman with recurrent tonic spasms, which occurred 1 month after acute cervical cord myelopathy. A tingling sensation beginning in the left leg was followed by painful tonic spasm and abnormal sensation of the upper and lower right limbs except the face. Consciousness, scalp EEG was normal and SPECT showed hot uptake in the cervical cord during spasms.