A Case with Recurrent Tonic Spasms After Acute Cervical Cord Myelopathy

ABSTRACT

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.