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I have had 5-6 months of clonus which came on suddenly.. i have had spinal surgery, multiple tests from a neurologist which were all negative. ?
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Need mri: Mri of upper meural axis brain spinal cord to look for upper moror neuron problem EMG mcs cam be misleadingwhat kind of spine surgery?
Answered 10/3/2016
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hard to say: Clonus is usually a sign of spasticity. Spasticity is usually seen from some abnormality of the upper motor nervous system which includes the brain, the cervical spine, and the thoracic spine. There are many possibilities from stroke, to intraop spinal injury, transverse myelitis, spinal cord infarction just to name a few. A good neurologist should be able to get to the bottom of it.
Answered 10/22/2013
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