Propriospinal Myoclonus Induced by a Herniated Lumbar Intervertebral Disc at a Young Age: A Case Report

Abstract

The cause of propriospinal myoclonus (PSM) is idiopathic. Cervical trauma, ischemic myelopathy secondary to a spinal dural arteriovenous fistula, syringomyelia, Lyme neuroborreliosis, human immunodeficiency virus central nervous system infection, and cervical disc herniation can be the cause of PSM, but lumbar herniated intervertebral disc (HIVD) induced PSM has not been reported. We describe a patient who presented with PSM induced by HIVD and was treated with an epidural steroid injection using a transforaminal approach.

Segmental Spinal Myoclonus Complicating Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection

“…9 Acute lumbar intervertebral disc herniation has been reported to cause myoclonus. 12 However, given her postprocedural MRI scan, this is unlikely.…”