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