Serial MRI findings in brain anoxia leading to Lance-Adams syndrome: a case report

Neurol Sci. 2013 Nov;34(11):2047-50. doi: 10.1007/s10072-013-1356-2. Epub 2013 Mar 15.

Abstract

Although in literature almost 150 patients with Lance-Adams Syndrome (LAS) have been reported, neuroradiological evaluations were often performed in late stages and there is no serial study evaluating LAS from early stages. We herein report a serial neuroimaging study demonstrating early and transient involvement of cerebellum and thalami in a LAS patient. We may hypothesize that a transient cerebral hypoxia provoked a permanent synaptic rearrangements of the neuronal networks involved in the pathogenesis of post-hypoxic myoclonus in our patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cerebellum / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia, Brain / complications*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Myoclonus / diagnosis*
  • Myoclonus / etiology*
  • Syndrome
  • Thalamus / pathology*