Neuromyotonia: an unusual presentation of intrathoracic malignancy.
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- 1 November 1976
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 39 (11) , 1086-1091
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.39.11.1086
Abstract
A 48 year old woman is described who presented with increasing muscular rigidity and who was found to have a mediastinal tumour. Electrophysiological studies revealed that the muscular stiffness resulted from very high frequency motor unit activity which outlasted voluntary effort, and which was abolished by nerve block. The abnormal activity may have arisen at the anterior horn cell level. Marked improvement followed the administration of diphenylhydantoin.Keywords
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