Wilson disease (WD) is one of the few curable movement disorders that manifests with varied presentations so that WD needs to be considered in any patient with a movement disorder under the age of 50 years. Although WD is one of the causes of myoclonus, it is rarely seen in WD and usually as an associated finding. We report a case of an adolescent female patient of WD who presented with cortica...

A patient is described who presented with myoclonus of the first dorsal interosseus muscle of the right foot. This myoclonus occurred 18 months after trauma of the cutaneous branch of the deep peroneal nerve on the dorsal aspect of the foot. Tactile stimulation in the dermatome of this nerve, or an anaesthetic block of the deep peroneal nerve stopped the myoclonus. The different innervation bet...

A patient of 29 years is described with Noonan's syndrome and idiopathic hypoparathyroidism, who presented with epilepsy and myoclonus. Correction of the hypocalcaemia resulted in improvement of his myoclonus and psychiatric abnormalities. The embryological significance of the association is discussed.

background: scorpion sting envenomation generally causes treatable local and systemic effects; however, in rare cases, the victims might experience sequels in end organs such as central nervous system. in the present paper, a case of relatively self-limiting demyelinating polyneuropathy following a butidae sting is presented and the possible mechanisms are discussed.  case presentation: a 19-ye...