1. "Painless legs and moving toes" syndrome due to spinal cord compression.
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Bermejo PE and Zabala JA
- Subjects
- Aged, 80 and over, Decompression, Surgical adverse effects, Disease Progression, Female, Hematoma, Epidural, Spinal etiology, Hematoma, Epidural, Spinal pathology, Hematoma, Epidural, Spinal surgery, Humans, Laminectomy adverse effects, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Movement Disorders pathology, Movement Disorders physiopathology, Osteoporosis complications, Pain pathology, Pain physiopathology, Paraparesis etiology, Paraparesis pathology, Paraparesis surgery, Postoperative Hemorrhage complications, Postoperative Hemorrhage pathology, Postoperative Hemorrhage surgery, Radiography, Reoperation, Spinal Cord pathology, Spinal Cord physiopathology, Spinal Cord Compression pathology, Spinal Cord Compression physiopathology, Spinal Fractures pathology, Spinal Fractures surgery, Thoracic Vertebrae diagnostic imaging, Thoracic Vertebrae pathology, Time, Toes innervation, Treatment Failure, Movement Disorders etiology, Pain etiology, Spinal Cord Compression complications, Spinal Fractures complications, Toes physiopathology
- Abstract
Painful legs and moving toes is a rare syndrome characterized by spontaneous neuropathic pain in the lower limbs associated with peculiar involuntary movements of the lower extremities, especially the toes and feet. Although its origin is unknown, it is associated to some pathologies. With regard to the painless variant, very few patients have been reported and most of them are idiopathic. We report a patient with involuntary movements of the toes similar to those seen in painful legs and moving toes syndrome, but without any associated pain and due to a spinal compression. We conclude that spinal lesions may produce the painless variant as it has been reported with the painful form.
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- 2008
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