Propriospinal Myoclonus Induced by a Herniated Lumbar Intervertebral Disc at a Young Age: A Case Report

Propriospinal Myoclonus Induced by a Herniated Lumbar Intervertebral Disc at a Young Age: A Case Report

The cause of propriospinal myoclonus (PSM) is idiopathic. Cervical trauma, ischemic myelopathy secondary to a spinal dural arteriovenous fistula, syringomyelia, Lyme neuroborreliosis, human immunodeficiency virus central nervous system infection, and cervical disc herniation can be the cause of PSM, but lumbar herniated intervertebral disc (HIVD) induced PSM has not been reported. We describe a...

Propriospinal myoclonus: report of a case.

Propriospinal myoclonus is an unusual movement disorder. Here we reported a patient with electrophysiological data. The 32-year-old man had spontaneous, intermittent and brief jerks over the trunk, hip and lower limbs muscles for 4 years. The jerks were not sensitive to external stimuli and usually exacerbated whenever the patient felt relaxed, particularly preceding the onset of sleep. Electro...

Herniated intervertebral lumbar disc in the teenager.

Transition of a herniated lumbar disc to lumbar discal cyst: A case report

BACKGROUND Another rare cause of lower back pain with radiculopathy is the discal cyst. It is believed to arise from degeneration of a herniated disc, although many other theories of its origin have been proposed. Here, we report a patient with lower back pain/radiculopathy attributed originally to a herniated lumbar disc, which transformed within 6 months into a discal cyst. CASE DESCRIPTION...

Natural resolution of a herniated lumbar disc.

To cite: Chang DG, Shymon S, Powell AJ. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013201037 DESCRIPTION A middle-aged patient with a history of mild, intermittent low back pain presented with several months of new right leg pain and numbness in the L5 dermatomal distribution. The pain had not improved with trials of physical therapy, gabapentin or tramadol....