Abstract

CARDENAS-ALVAREZ, JORGE  and  BERROUET-MEJIA, MARIE CLAIRE. Muscular rigidity in the emergency room. A case report. CES Med. [online]. 2014, vol.28, n.2, pp.263-271. ISSN 0120-8705.

The spectrum of neurological manifestations in the poisoned patient is wide. The different manifestations include movement disorders and within the same stiffness are tremor, acute dystonia, tardive dyskinesia, myoclonus, chorea, etc. These finding may be a consequence of different etiologies among which are drugs, toxins, metabolic disorders, infections, and structural brain lesions, it is important to have a proper diagnosis from the emergency approach. We review the case of a patient with muscular rigidity who consulted an emergency room. The importance of this case is that where simultaneously two causes of movement disorders as Isaac's syndrome and strychnine poisoning are evident are up to date

Keywords : Muscular rigidity; Strychnine; Stiff person syndrome; Isaac's syndrome; Toxicology.

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