Citation

Thyagarajan D, Kompoliti K, Ford B. Neurology 1998; 51(4): 1205-1207.

Affiliation

St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9781563

Abstract

The authors describe two patients with fixed shoulder elevation and prominent regional muscle hypertrophy that developed within days after local minor injury. The condition lacked several typical features of dystonia, such as the presence of torsional movements, task specificity, or relief by antagonistic gestures. These patient reports add to the growing literature indicating that persistent post-traumatic abnormal postures and muscle hypertrophy in different body parts may be a distinct response of the nervous system to injury.

Language: en