
Background: Myoclonic jerks are due to sudden, brief, involuntary muscle contractions, positive myoclonus, or brief cessation of ongoing muscular activity, negative myoclonus, and may be difficult to recognize. Case Report: We describe an immunocompetent, adult, male patient with sleep-related, multifocal, myoclonic jerks and neurotoxoplasmosis with abnormal cerebrospinal fluid but normal brain imaging. There was complete resolution of the myoclonus with antitoxoplasmosis therapy after 1 week, and no relapse after 1 year. Discussion: Neurotoxoplasmosis may be subtle in presentation, difficult to diagnose, and more common than realized, and it is being increasingly implicated in epileptogenesis in humans.
Adult, Male, Myoclonus, Neurotoxoplasmosis, 610, Case Report, Diseases of the musculoskeletal system, 616, Animals, Humans, RC346-429, Movement disorders, Movement disorder, Epilepsy, FOS: Clinical medicine, Neurosciences, Environmental Exposure, Neurology, RC925-935, Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral, Cats, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, Toxoplasmosis
Adult, Male, Myoclonus, Neurotoxoplasmosis, 610, Case Report, Diseases of the musculoskeletal system, 616, Animals, Humans, RC346-429, Movement disorders, Movement disorder, Epilepsy, FOS: Clinical medicine, Neurosciences, Environmental Exposure, Neurology, RC925-935, Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral, Cats, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, Toxoplasmosis
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