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Acta Neurologica Belgica
Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica 1/2017

01-03-2017 | Neuro-Images

Anterocollis and startle myoclonus due to Lyme meningomyeloradiculitis

Authors: Andrea Schneider, Barbara Pischinger, Sibylle Wimmer, Raffi Topakian

Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica | Issue 1/2017

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A 26-year-old previously healthy man was admitted to our hospital reporting a 5-month history of fatigue and malaise, headaches, pain in the neck with occasional radiation in both arms, and, new-onset episodic abnormal head posture and involuntary brief jerks of both arms. External magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the cervical spine, without contrast application, had been assessed as normal. Prior treatment with physiotherapy, lidocaine injections into neck muscles, and oral medication including diclofenac, prednisolon, tetrazepam and tizanidin had been inefficacious. …
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Title
Anterocollis and startle myoclonus due to Lyme meningomyeloradiculitis
Authors
Andrea Schneider
Barbara Pischinger
Sibylle Wimmer
Raffi Topakian
Publication date
01-03-2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Acta Neurologica Belgica / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 0300-9009
Electronic ISSN: 2240-2993
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-016-0636-z

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