title: Painful legs and moving toes syndrome associated with Hashimoto's disease.
abstract: A patient with Hashimoto' s disease presented with painful legs and moving toes (PLMT). The neurological and electrophysiological findings suggest that, in this case, PLMT syndrome is a variety of dystonic movement and is associated with Hashimoto's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Hospital Egas Moniz, Lisboa, Portugal. joaoguimaraes.neuro@fcm.unl.pt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guimarães
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bugalho
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001928:Brain Diseases, Metabolic / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004421:Dystonia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004576:Electromyography; D050031:Hashimoto Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000294:innervation / Q000503:physiopathology; D009413:Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013577:Syndrome; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000503:physiopathology; D014034:Toes / Q000503:physiopathology*