2020
DOI: 10.4274/tnd.galenos.2019.80708
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Stiff Person Syndrome-The Less Common Antibody: A Case Report

Abstract: Stiff Person syndrome (SPS) is a rare, disabling syndrome characterized by progressive muscle stiffness and axial rigidity. It may have an autoimmune, paraneoplastic or cryptogenic etiology. A 59-year-old woman presented with stiffness and involuntary spasms in the lower extremities. In a neurologic examination, lower extremity and axial rigidity were revealed. Anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody was negative, anti-amphiphysin was antibody positive. She was diagnosed as having SPS. The symptoms were impr… Show more

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