DIAPHRAGMATIC MYOCLONUS - DIAGNOSIS BY FLUOROSCOPY AND ELECTROMYOGRAPHY WITH RESPONSE TO PHENYTOIN

Authors
YOUNG CR CLAPP L SALCEDO V WHITLOCK WL
Citation
Cr. Young et al., DIAPHRAGMATIC MYOCLONUS - DIAGNOSIS BY FLUOROSCOPY AND ELECTROMYOGRAPHY WITH RESPONSE TO PHENYTOIN, Southern medical journal, 88(12), 1995, pp. 1270-1273
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Southern medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00384348
Volume
88
Issue
12
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1270 - 1273
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-4348(1995)88:12<1270:DM-DBF>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A 40-year-old woman presented a g-week history of ''fluttering'' in he r chest. A diagnosis of bilateral diaphragmatic myoclonus was made by fluoroscopy and electromyography of both hemidiaphragms, No central or peripheral cause was identified, but treatment with intravenous pheny toin had an immediate effect. With therapy, she has been symptom free for 12 months.