Continuous cataplexy in a patient with a midbrain tumor
- 1 October 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 30 (10) , 1115
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.30.10.1115
Abstract
A patient with glioblastoma of the rostral brainstem and hypothalamus exhibited bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia and vertical nystagmus; he suffered episodes of cataplexy, narcolepsy, and sleep paralysis. A peculiar fluctuation of posture and tone (“limp man syndrome”) proved to be a manifestation of continuous cataplexy, as documented by H-reflex recordings. This is the first report of a remarkable movement disorder caused by continuous, fluctuating, partial cataplexy, and is the second report of an association between cataplexy and a tumor of the rostral brainstem.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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