A case report of lumbosacral plexopathy in a patient with a history of sacral chordoma and radiotherapy: Will the detection of myokymia on the EMG help to solve the case?

Giray E., Albayrak O., KENİŞ COŞKUN Ö., YAĞCI İ., GÜNDÜZ O. H.

JOURNAL OF BACK AND MUSCULOSKELETAL REHABILITATION, cilt.36, sa.1, ss.155-161, 2023 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 36 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3233/bmr-210324
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF BACK AND MUSCULOSKELETAL REHABILITATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, SportDiscus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.155-161
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Case report, chordoma, electromyography, lumbosacral plexopathy, myokymia, radiation, CANCER
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

BACKGROUND: When a patient with a prior history of malignancy and radiotherapy develops progressive weakness as a presentation of plexus involvement, the differential diagnosis usually rests between radiation-induced plexopathy and invasion from recurrent tumor. The presence of myokymic discharges is helpful in differentiating radiation-induced from neoplastic plexopathy.