title: Internal capsule plaque and tonic spasms in multiple sclerosis.
abstract: A patient developed hemilateral tonic spasms associated with a relapse of multiple sclerosis. An area of demyelination in the right internal capsule was observed on a magnetic resonance imaging scan. This lesion was not detectable on a second magnetic resonance imaging scan 10 months after the spasms had ceased. Paroxysmal symptoms in multiple sclerosis may represent transient phenomena related to inflammation in acute plaques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Chicago, Ill.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maimone
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Reder
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Finocchiaro
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Recupero
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D004421:Dystonia / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology