Painful tonic spasms: an interesting phenomenon in cerebral ischemia.
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.
Fuh
J L
JL
Neurological Institute, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Chang
D B
DB
Wang
S J
SJ
Ju
T H
TH
Liu
H C
HC
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