Jerking stiff-man syndrome

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1982 Dec;45(12):1159-60. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.45.12.1159.

Abstract

A female patient had permanent axial muscular rigidity similar to the "stiff-man syndrome", together with axial myoclonus triggered by stretch reflexes and by supramaximal stimulation of the supraorbital nerve. The disorder responded to treatment with diazepam and baclofen. This disorder bore a marked similarity to the so-called "jerking stiff-man syndrome".

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Baclofen / therapeutic use
  • Diazepam / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Muscle Rigidity / diagnosis*
  • Muscle Rigidity / drug therapy
  • Myoclonus / diagnosis*
  • Myoclonus / drug therapy
  • Spasm / diagnosis*
  • Spasm / drug therapy

Substances

  • Baclofen
  • Diazepam