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Stiff-person syndrome following tick-borne meningoencephalitis.
Acta Medica (Hradec Kralove) 54(4):170-4 (2011) PMID 22283113
We present a case of a man who developed clinically severe anti-GAD positive SPS, provoked by tick-borne encephalitis. After therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) a rapid, temporary improvement of the clinical and neurophysiological findings was noted. Only after being placed on long-term immunosuppress... -
The occurrence of stiff person syndrome in a patient with thymoma: case report and literature review.
Tenn Med 103(5):43-7 (2010) PMID 20509396
We report a 29-year-old patient, with left-sided chylothorax and thymoma, who presented with truncal, lower extremities stiffness and painful cramps alleviated by diazepam and opiates. His clinical picture was suggestive of SPS secondary to invasive thymoma. This syndrome is best approached by its e... -
[Stiff-person syndrome and other myelopathies constitute paraneoplastic neurological syndromes].
Brain Nerve 62(4):377-85 (2010) PMID 20420178
Stiff-person syndrome (SPS) is an autoimmune neurological disorder characterized by rigidity of the trunk and proximal limb muscles, intermittent superimposed spasms, and increased sensitivity to external stimuli. It has been more than 50 years since Moerch and Woltman reported the f... -
Spinal cord stimulation to abort painful spasms of atypical stiff limb syndrome.
Audio, Transactions of the IRE Professiona... 88(3):183-6 (2010) PMID 20431330
We report the case of a 44-year-old man suffering from severe painful spasms in his right leg with a diagnosis of SLS. He had been initially treated for his pain with a spinal cord stimulator but presented with exacerbation of pain secondary to a lead fracture for which he underwent revision of the... -
Intrathecal baclofen pump implantation in a case of stiff person syndrome.
Neurol India 58(1):115-7 (2010) PMID 20228478
We present a 45-year-old woman with SPS, who failed high dose of GABAergic medication. With intrathecal baclofen by intrathecal baclofen pump she had a significant improvement in her symptoms and quality of life.... -
Successful treatment with rituximab in a patient with stiff-person syndrome complicated by dysthyroid ophthalmopathy.
Intern Med 49(3):237-41 (2010) PMID 20118602
We report a patient with stiff-person syndrome and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus with anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) antibody, who suddenly complained of diplopia due to dysthyroid ophthalmopathy. Therapeutic efficacy of plasmapheresis and high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin was trans... -
Glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody-positive paraneoplastic stiff limb syndrome associated with carcinoma of the breast.
Neurol India 58(3):449-51 (2010) PMID 20644278
We describe a patient with SLS as a paraneoplastic manifestation of breast carcinoma, in whom GAD-Ab was present. The patient responded very well to oral diazepam, baclofen and steroids.This is the third reported case of SLS as a paraneoplastic accompaniment to cancer.... -
Reversible stiff person syndrome presenting as an initial symptom in a patient with colon adenocarcinoma.
Acta Oncol 49(2):271-2 (2010) PMID 20001496
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Finding our way: diagnostic perils and the stiff person syndrome.
S D Med 62(9):360-1, 363 (2009) PMID 19791526
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Stiff person syndrome: presentation of a case with repetitive complex discharges in electromiograms.
Neurologist 15(4):227-9 (2009) PMID 19590385
Given the absence of clinical or electrophysiological neuropathic affectation, the presence of doublets and triplets in our patient could be due to a subclinical functional alteration of alpha motoneurons. They could produce the complex repetitive discharges when released from the inhibition mediate...
