title: [The stiff man syndrome].
abstract: A 41-year-old patient with the rigidity syndrome was observed. The disease was expressed in marked rigidity of the long muscles of the back forming a picture of persistent hyperlordosis which led to a considerable disablement of the patient. Another complaint was spasms of the femoral muscles. A four-year follow-up of the patient revealed periodically recurring ataxia, nystagmus, and dysarthria. The patient benefited by relanium (diazepam) administration. On the basis of the literature data and a clinical analysis of this case the authors review clinical, differential-diagnostic, pathogenetic and etiological aspects of the rigidity syndrome.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003975:Diazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009127:Muscle Rigidity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013035:Spasm / Q000175:diagnosis; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D003975:Diazepam
vernacular_title: Sindrom rigidnogo cheloveka.