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A 74 year–old woman presented in December 2011 with left sided cerebellar symptoms. She was initially diagnosed as having a posterior circulation infarction and discharged from hospital on appropriate medication. However, over the following month she continued to deteriorate, developing increasing unsteadiness, falls, nausea and vomiting. Following a second admission in January 2012 she had a single seizure and developed focal left sided myoclonus affecting mainly the upper limb. Over the following month the myoclonus spread to affect all four limbs, although it remained more prominent on the left side. There was evi...
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - October 9, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Dobson, R., McMillan, A., Kung, K., Thom, M., Davis, A., Simister, R., Giovannoni, G., Gnanapavan, S. Tags: Immunology (including allergy), HIV/AIDS, Tropical medicine (infectious diseases), Brain stem / cerebellum, Epilepsy and seizures, Infection (neurology), Multiple sclerosis, Stroke, Ophthalmology, Radiology, Surgical diagnostic tests Association of Brit Source Type: research