Article type: Letter to Editor
Article
title: Multiple
solitary plasmacytoma, spasticity, and botulinum toxin
Journal: Medical
Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth
Year: 2021
Authors: Jamir Pitton Rissardo, Ana Letícia Fornari
Caprara
E-mail: jamirrissardo@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Spasticity is an important form of movement disorder marked by a velocity-dependent increase in the muscle tone or tonic stretch reflexes associated with hypertonia. It can present in a variety of forms from acute to chronic and affects many diseases, which include multiple sclerosis, stroke, and cerebral palsy. Spasticity negatively influences the quality of life and is related to social impairment where embarrassment and social stigma lead the individual to self-isolation. It is believed that spasticity is a part of a disabling upper motor neuron syndrome, in which a lesion decreases the inhibitory drive in the corticospinal tract causing spasticity. The management of spasticity is with medication and multidisciplinary care; one of the drugs commonly used for spasticity is botulinum toxin injections.
Keywords: Plasmacytoma, spasticity, botulinum toxin
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DOI
10.4103/mjdrdypu.mjdrdypu_3_20
Citation
Rissardo JP, Fornari Caprara AL. Multiple solitary plasmacytoma, spasticity, and botulinum toxin. Med J DY Patil Vidyapeeth 2021;14:353-4