Postirradiation localized cramp-fasciculation syndrome
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Postirradiation localized cramp-fasciculation syndrome.
Radiation plexopathy produces numbness, weakness, and reflex changes.1 Excess motor unit activity (EMUA) after irradiation manifests as myokymia and neuromyotonia in affected muscles.2,3 A 65-year-old woman presented with a pulling sensation in the left axilla and intermittent depression of the left arm of 3 to 4 months duration. Ten months earlier she had completed chemotherapy and radiation t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000218167.67121.e9