Beyond initial clinical phenotype of Madelung disease: Myoclonus, gait disorder and multisystem involvement led to genetic diagnosis
Objective: To report the clinical phenotype of an uncommon hereditary systemic disease with slowly progressive gait and movement disorder with genetic identification of two concurrent…Fahr’s syndrome in a Filipino female with hearing loss and polycystic ovaries: A case report
Objective: The objective of this case report is to document a case of Fahr's syndrome including its varied clinical manifestations. Background: Idiopathic basal ganglia calcification,…Post-anoxic myoclonus: Timing matters
Objective: To highlight that timing of post-anoxic myoclonus following initial anoxic injury can result in markedly different outcomes. Background: Post-anoxic myoclonus is typically considered a…Myoclonus complicating chickenpox: A case report
Objective: To report myoclonus and other movements disorders complicating chickenpox. Background: The meningoencephalitis is a rare complication of chickenpox. The occurrence of movements disorders is…Hemifacial spasm – Therapeutic assessment of botulinum toxin
Objective: To evaluate the long-term effect of botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) in the treatment of hemifacial spasm (HFS) in a large group of patients…Alcohol-responsive action myoclonus of the leg in prostate cancer: A novel paraneoplastic syndrome
Objective: To describe two patients with prostate cancer and identical phenotypes of likely paraneoplastic unilateral leg myoclonus. Background: Paraneoplastic movement disorders (PMDs) in prostate cancer…How do we clinically distinguish subtypes of myoclonus? A retrospective study
Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of clinical phenotyping in a heterogeneous cohort of patients presenting with myoclonus and to determine clinical characteristics. Furthermore, we studied…Transient myoclonic state in the elderly: A new entity in the classification of myoclonus
Objective: To clarify the clinical picture of transient myoclonic state in elderly patients and to establish a position in the classification of myoclonus. Background: Transient…Opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome in a seronegative patient with disseminated cryptococcosis: The first case report
Objective: To describe a 56-year-old man who presented with OMA due to disseminated cryptococcosis. Background: Opsoclonus-myoclonus-ataxia syndrome (OMA) is a rare neurological syndrome,characterized by a…Topiramate responsive adult-onset opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome
Objective: Opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia (OMA) is a rare neurological syndrome characterized with with autoimmune background. However the exact pathophysiology is not clear. Most common underlying…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.