Progressive limb and trunk stiffness without rigidity in a patient with acute lymphocytic leukaemia
J. Diedler, M. Schölzke, S. Schoenland, S. Haehnel, H.H. Goebel, W. Hartschuh, H.M. Meinck · Aktuelle Neurologie · 2006 · Heft 09
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Introduction: Progressively restricted mobility of the trunk and limbs in early adulthood is well recognized in the clinical setting of a group of myopathies comprising the Emery-Dreifuss and Hauptmann-Thannhauser muscle dystrophies, or the rigid spine syndrome. It may also occur in young adults in a few uncommon neurological diseases such as paraneoplastic myelitis, spinal arteriovenous malformations, paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis, the stiff man syndrome, Westphal variant of Huntington disease, or Hallervorden-Spatz disease. Case report: A 22 year old shop assistant presented with progressive stiffness and w…