Stiff-person like syndrome in a patient with multiple pituitary hormone deficiencies

Citation
E. Chroni et al., Stiff-person like syndrome in a patient with multiple pituitary hormone deficiencies, ACT NEUR SC, 102(6), 2000, pp. 403-405
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
ACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA
ISSN journal
00016314 → ACNP
Volume
102
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
403 - 405
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-6314(200012)102:6<403:SLSIAP>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A patient with long-standing, occult pituitary insufficiency, who developed painful muscle stiffness and superimposed spasms, closely resembling stiff -person syndrome, was described. Complete resolution of neuromuscular sympt oms with hormone replacement in this case, as well as in a previously repor ted one, led to the suggestion that a syndrome like stiff-person could repr esent a rare consequence of multiple pituitary hormone deficiencies.