Delayed diagnosis of brain tumor in a patient with flexor spasms and spastic foot drop
| Autor: | Hardeep Singh Malhotra, Rakesh Shukla, Rohitash Sharma, Vimal Kumar Paliwal |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
Foot drop
business.industry Brain tumor Case Report Anatomy flexor spasms medicine.disease Spinal cord musculoskeletal system nervous system diseases Lesion body regions stomatognathic diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Nociception medicine Reflex Neurology (clinical) spastic foot drop Ankle medicine.symptom business Lumbosacral joint |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology |
| ISSN: | 1998-3549 0972-2327 |
| Popis: | Flexor spasms are involuntary muscle contractions comprising dorsiflexion at the ankle and flexion at the knee and the hip, occurring as a result of nociceptive spinal release reflex. The presence of flexor spasms generally suggests a lesion in the spinal cord. Foot drop is usually seen with lesions of lumbosacral roots, peripheral nerves or muscles. We hereby present a patient with a rare combination of spastic foot drop and flexor spasms due to a brain tumor. The possible underlying pathophysiological mechanisms resulting in flexor spasms due to a cerebral lesion are briefly discussed. |
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