Morvan's syndrome Presenting with Psychiatric Manifestations - A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Neurol India. 2022 May-Jun;70(3):1207-1209. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.349616.

Abstract

The term "la chorιe fibrillare" was used by the French physician Augustine Marie Morvan to describe a syndrome showing hyperactivity features involving the central, autonomic, and peripheral nervous system. The central hyperactivity symptoms are confusion, behavioral problems, hallucinations, myoclonus, and insomnia; the autonomic hyperactivity symptoms are hyperhidrosis and variations in blood pressure; and peripheral hyperexcitability is characterized by painful cramps, myokymia, and neuromyotonia. Here, we present a case that has typical features of Morvan's syndrome and provides a brief description based on available literature.

Keywords: Hallucination; Morvan's syndrome; myokymia; voltage-gated potassium channel antibodies.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Autonomic Nervous System Diseases*
  • Hallucinations
  • Humans
  • Isaacs Syndrome* / complications
  • Isaacs Syndrome* / diagnosis
  • Myokymia* / complications
  • Myokymia* / diagnosis
  • Syringomyelia* / diagnosis