We describe a patient who presented myoclonus in the left scapula 3 months after a traumatic lesion of the left long thoracic nerve. Myoclonic activity was recorded as pseudorhythmic electromyographic bursts repeated at a frequency of 2 to 4 Hz, each lasting between 100 and 200 msec, in the left serratus-dorsalis muscle region, trapezius, and deltoid muscles. A combination of peripheral and central mechanisms may have induced the myoclonus in this case. (C) 2005 Moveinent Disorder Society.
Myoclonus of the scapula after acute long thoracic nerve lesion: a case report / Filippo, Camerota; Claudia, Celletti; Paoloni, Marco; Serrao, Mariano; Inghilleri, Maurizio; Pierelli, Francesco; Santilli, Valter. - In: MOVEMENT DISORDERS. - ISSN 0885-3185. - STAMPA. - 21:1(2006), pp. 71-73. [10.1002/mds.20647]
Myoclonus of the scapula after acute long thoracic nerve lesion: a case report.
PAOLONI, Marco;SERRAO, Mariano;INGHILLERI, Maurizio;PIERELLI, Francesco;SANTILLI, VALTER
2006
Abstract
We describe a patient who presented myoclonus in the left scapula 3 months after a traumatic lesion of the left long thoracic nerve. Myoclonic activity was recorded as pseudorhythmic electromyographic bursts repeated at a frequency of 2 to 4 Hz, each lasting between 100 and 200 msec, in the left serratus-dorsalis muscle region, trapezius, and deltoid muscles. A combination of peripheral and central mechanisms may have induced the myoclonus in this case. (C) 2005 Moveinent Disorder Society.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
