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Paroxysmal limb dyskinesia induced by weight: An unusual case of cortical reflex seizures

✍ Scribed by Petra Katschnig; Petra Schwingenschuh; Umair J. Chaudhary; Mark J. Edwards; Louis Lemieux; Matthew C. Walker; Kailash P. Bhatia


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
466 KB
Volume
26
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-3185

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✦ Synopsis


Typical attack elicited by holding a weight in the right arm. After only a few seconds, myoclonic jerks affecting the right arm, predominantly the index finger and thumb, and some additional dystonic posturing of the right arm appear, exceeding the actual holding of the object.