A 57-Year-Old Woman With Progressive Left Hand Clumsiness and Falls

Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2019 Sep 16;6(8):656-660. doi: 10.1002/mdc3.12825. eCollection 2019 Nov.

Abstract

Clinical history: A 57-year old woman presented with left hand pain, periodic leg movement during sleep, gradual onset of stiffness, clumsiness, and falls. Neurological examination showed: generalized rigidity and bradykinesia. There was left hand dystonic posturing and ideomotor apraxia, as well as mirror movements of upper limbs and stimulus-sensitive myoclonus. The patient had a high-pitched voice and hypophonia (Video S1).

Discussion: Experts discuss localization and the syndromic diagnosis and predict the underlying pathology. The pathological diagnosis is then provided and clinical learning points are considered.

Keywords: alpha‐synuclein; corticobasal syndrome; cytoplasmic inclusions; multisystem atrophy; myoclonus; parkinsonism.