Acute exacerbation of restless legs due to cervical spinal cord ischaemia.
We present a 60-year-old male patient with an acute exacerbation of restless legs due to cervical spinal cord ischaemia. This case supports the hypothesis that interruption of spinal cord pathways are part of the aetiology of restless legs syndrome.
Department of Neurology,  MC Haaglanden, The Hague,  The Netherlands.
Rachel Theodora
RT
Zwartbol
Korne
K
Jellema
Jelis
J
Boiten
Roselyne
R
Rijsman
D000208:Acute Disease; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012148:Restless Legs Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D020760:Spinal Cord Ischemia / Q000150:complications*