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Upper limb hyperreflexia

MedGen UID:
375112
Concept ID:
C1843175
Finding
Synonym: Hyperreflexia in upper limbs
 
HPO: HP:0007350

Definition

Increased intensity of the a reflex in the arm. [from HPO]

Conditions with this feature

Spastic ataxia 10, autosomal recessive
MedGen UID:
1851662
Concept ID:
C5882738
Disease or Syndrome
Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia-10 (SPAX10) is a slowly progressive movement disorder with a variable age at onset (range infancy to adulthood). Affected individuals present with gait abnormalities due to spasticity and hyperreflexia of the lower limbs and/or cerebellar gait and limb ataxia. More variable features may include dysarthria, saccadic eye movements, and mild cognitive impairment. Some patients show cerebellar atrophy on brain imaging. The disorder can be classified as a movement disorder on the ataxia-spasticity spectrum (ASS) (Cordts et al., 2022). For a discussion of genetic heterogeneity of spastic ataxia, see SPAX1 (108600).

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PubMed

Amenta PS, Ghobrial GM, Krespan K, Nguyen P, Ali M, Harrop JS
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2014 May;120:68-72. Epub 2014 Mar 2 doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2014.02.019. PMID: 24731579
Dauer WT, Burke RE, Greene P, Fahn S
Brain 1998 Apr;121 ( Pt 4):547-60. doi: 10.1093/brain/121.4.547. PMID: 9577384
Fowler CJ, van Kerrebroeck PE, Nordenbo A, Van Poppel H
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1992 Nov;55(11):986-9. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.55.11.986. PMID: 1469417Free PMC Article

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Etiology

Schady W, Dick JP, Sheard A, Crampton S
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1991 Sep;54(9):775-9. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.54.9.775. PMID: 1659616Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Albuainain G
Am J Case Rep 2021 Oct 1;22:e932757. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.932757. PMID: 34597290Free PMC Article
Andrade-Filho AS, Brites C, dos-Santos SR, Harrington Júnior W, Reinhardt IC, Freitas FM, Silva MC, Badaró R
Braz J Med Biol Res 1996 Jun;29(6):757-61. PMID: 9070387
Schady W, Dick JP, Sheard A, Crampton S
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1991 Sep;54(9):775-9. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.54.9.775. PMID: 1659616Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Matsuura T, Sasaki H, Wakisaka A, Hamada T, Moriwaka F, Tashiro K
J Neurol Sci 1997 Oct 3;151(1):65-70. doi: 10.1016/s0022-510x(97)00107-x. PMID: 9335012

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