title: Painful tonic spasms: an interesting phenomenon in cerebral ischemia.
abstract: We report a case of bilateral cerebral ischemia with frequent painful tonic spasms involving face, both upper and sometimes both lower extremities. The spasms subsided after treatment with diazepam.
authors.affiliation: Neurological Institute, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Fuh
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D001132:Arm / Q000294:innervation*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000098:blood supply; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000294:innervation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000294:innervation*; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000294:innervation; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011712:Pyramidal Tracts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D013035:Spasm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013133:Spinothalamic Tracts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon