ArticleThe journal of spinal cord medicine2010
Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity: a case report.
Article in The journal of spinal cord medicine, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- A case report of rigidity and recurrent lower limb myoclonus: progressive encephalomyelitis rigidity and myoclonus syndrome, a chameleon.BMC neurology · 2018Article
- Differential diagnosis and treatment of muscle hypertonia as practiced in Zagreb's Centre/Institute for Neuromuscular Diseases.Acta myologica : myopathies and cardiomyopathies : official journal of the Mediterranean Society of Myology · 2013Article
- Introducing corticosteroids therapy from 1969 to 1990 at the Centre/Institute for Neuromuscular Diseases, KBC Rebro, Zagreb, Croatia.Acta myologica : myopathies and cardiomyopathies : official journal of the Mediterranean Society of Myology · 2012Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectiveThe most prominent clinical features of progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity (PER) are painful spasms and rigidity accompanied by clinical signs of brainstem and spinal cord involvement. In initial reports, PER had fatal outcome. Later, clinical improvement related to corticosteroid therapy has been described in some cases. The objective of this study was to signify a reputed clinical significance of corticosteroid therapy in PER.
methodsCase report.
resultsA 50-year-old man developed progressive syndrome of tonic extensor spasms. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed areas of signal changes in cervical spinal cord and lower brainstem, whereas cerebrospinal fluid analysis indicated subacute encephalomyelitis. His condition dramatically improved on oral corticosteroid therapy. Clinical improvement was accompanied by normalization of MRI findings.
conclusionFor this patient with PER, corticosteroid therapy was a dramatically effective and life-saving treatment, although initiated rather late in the course of the disease.
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