TY - JOUR
T1 - Something that touches your heart
T2 - an unusual case of abdominal clonic movements
AU - Fioravanti, Valentina
AU - Lamberti, Igor
AU - Bottoni, Nicola
AU - Cavallieri, Francesco
AU - Valzania, Franco
AU - Pugnaghi, Matteo
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Background: Rarely, cardiac pacemaker implant can lead to the development of involuntary hyperkinetic movement disorders localized to the abdominal wall or the diaphragm. Phenomenology Shown: We report a case of a 79-year-old female who developed rhythmic continuous clonic right abdominal movements caused by cardiac pacemaker lead dislodgement. Educational Value: Our case highlights that, in the differential diagnosis of hyperkinetic abdominal movement disorder, the presence and the possible pathogenic role of a cardiac pacemaker should be kept in mind.
AB - Background: Rarely, cardiac pacemaker implant can lead to the development of involuntary hyperkinetic movement disorders localized to the abdominal wall or the diaphragm. Phenomenology Shown: We report a case of a 79-year-old female who developed rhythmic continuous clonic right abdominal movements caused by cardiac pacemaker lead dislodgement. Educational Value: Our case highlights that, in the differential diagnosis of hyperkinetic abdominal movement disorder, the presence and the possible pathogenic role of a cardiac pacemaker should be kept in mind.
KW - Abdominal
KW - Diaphragmatic
KW - Myoclonus
KW - Pacemaker
KW - Twiddler’s syndrome
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U2 - 10.7916/D8CR7BCR
DO - 10.7916/D8CR7BCR
M3 - Article
C2 - 30647990
AN - SCOPUS:85060033401
VL - 9
JO - Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.)
JF - Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.)
SN - 2160-8288
ER -