Rigidità nucale e mioclonie ipniche all’arto superiore destro come sintomi di esordio di astrocitoma midollare
F. Forte, M. Bonelli, UO di Pediatria, Ospedale “Madonna delle Grazie” Matera; C. Calzone, UO di Neuropsichiatria Infantile, Ospedale “Madonna delle Grazie” Matera; E. Lapacciana, Pediatra di famiglia, ASL n4 Matera
STIFF NECK AND SLEEP MYOCLONIAS OF THE UPPER RIGHT LIMB AS EARLY SIGNS OF SPINAL ASTROCYTOMA
Key words: Spinal astrocytoma, Sleep myoclonias
Case description of a spinal astrocytoma with very slow
onset and very discrete initial signs (stiff neck, partial paresis of two
fingers of the right hand). The child was admitted to hospital for the
presence of localized sleep myoclonias of the upper right limb.
