Familial mirror movements over five generations

Familial mirror movements over five generations.

Sir, Familial mirror movement (MM) is a rare condition and refers to involuntary movements that occur in homologous contralateral muscles during their voluntary (active) movement and are often observed in the upper extremities but rarely in lower extremities. The case study in question is a large Persian-speaking family from the Isfahan province in the Southeast of Iran with MMs over five gener...

Multiple familial cavernous malformations evaluated over three generations with MR.

MR imaging was used to determine the presence or absence of cavernous malformations in three generations of family members. The presenting child (proband) had sustained a symptomatic hemorrhage. Multiple malformations were identified in his father, in an older sibling, and in an asymptomatic grandfather. The father's brother had died from cavernous malformation-related intracerebral hemorrhage....

Congenital mirror movements.

In this report are described seven patients assessed clinically and neuropsychologically in whom mirror movements affecting predominantly the hands occurred as a congenital disorder. These mirror movements, representing a specific type of abnormal synkinesia, may arise as a hereditary condition, in the presence of a recognisable underlying neurological abnormality, and sporadically, and the sev...

Mirror movements in neurology.

E xamination of patients for the presence or absence of mirror movements does not normally form part of a routine neurological investigation nor is this simple part of the motor examination normally taught to medical students and trainee neurologists. The examination requires the examiner only to observe both hands during voluntary fine finger movements of each hand in turn; for example, sequen...

Ataxic hemiparesis and mirror movements.