Delayed diagnosis of brain tumor in a patient with flexor spasms and spastic foot drop

作者：Paliwal V K; Malhotra H S; Sharma R; Shukla Rakesh^*

来源：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2008, 11(4): 254-256.

• Brain tumor
• flexor spasms
• spastic foot drop

Flexor spasms are involuntary muscle contractions comprising dorsiflexion at the ankle and flexion at the knee and the hip, occurring as a result of nociceptive spinal release reflex. The presence of flexor spasms generally suggests a lesion in the spinal cord. Foot drop is usually seen with lesions of lumbosacral roots, peripheral nerves or muscles. We hereby present a patient with a rare combination of spastic foot drop and flexor spasms due to a brain tumor. The possible underlying pathophysiological mechanisms resulting in flexor spasms due to a cerebral lesion are briefly discussed.

• 出版日期2008-12
• 单位河北医科大学