A movement disorder specialist gets a taste of his own medicine. (December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: van Gerpen, Jay A.; Middlebrooks, Erik H.; Tipton, Philip W.
• Is Part Of: Parkinsonism & related disorders. Volume 81(2020)
• Page Start: 18
• Page End: 19
• Publication Date: 2020-12
• Subjects: Hyperkinesia -- Truncal clonus -- Spinal flexor spasm -- Lhermitte's phenomenon; Parkinson's disease -- Periodicals; Movement disorders -- Periodicals; Movement Disorders -- Periodicals; Nerve Degeneration -- Periodicals; Nervous System Diseases -- Periodicals; Parkinson Disease -- Periodicals; Tremor -- Periodicals; Parkinson, Maladie de -- Périodiques; Parkinson's disease; 616.833
• DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2020.10.007
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1353-8020

Abstract

Abstract: We present a case in which a movement disorder neurologist developed two different hyperkinetic movements due to corticospinal tract hyperexcitability, which resolved completely with surgical removal of an epidural spinal canal tumor. The first-hand description of these movements creates a unique opportunity for enhanced insight into these complex movement phenomena.