Fasciculation-cramp syndrome preceding anterior horn cell disease: an intermediate syndrome?

作者:de Carvalho Mamede*; Swash Michael
来源:Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 2011, 82(4): 459-461.
DOI:10.1136/jnnp.2009.194019

摘要

Cramp-fasciculation syndrome (cramp-FS) is an ill-defined condition with uncertain clinical limits. The authors studied a 55-year-old man with progressively more severe, widespread fasciculations and cramps during a 6-year-period. Mild progressive lower motor neuron loss, shown by motor unit number and multi-motor unit potential (MUP) analysis, developed during the 4 years after onset, which stabilised during a further 2-year follow-up. Cramp-FS is generally a benign syndrome, probably with several causations. Our patient developed a limited form of anterior horn cell degeneration perhaps representing a syndrome transitional with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Cramp-FS merits more detailed study.

  • 出版日期2011-4