Fasciculations: causes
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Fasciculations: causes. Benign fasciculations, Coffee, Physical activity. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Physiological causes
- Benign fasciculations
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- Physical activity
Anterior horn cell (AHC) disorders
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Neuropathic causes
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Cerebral causes
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Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP)
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Systemic causes
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Drug-induced and toxic causes
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Tongue fasciculations: causes
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References
- Bertorini TE. Neuromuscular Case Studies. Butterworth Heinemann Philadelphia 2008 p 262.
- Leite MA, Orsini M, de Freitas MR, et al. Another perspective on fasciculations: when is it not caused by the classic form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or progressive spinal atrophy? Neurol Int 2014; 6:5208.
- Mills KR. Characteristics of fasciculations in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and the benign fasciculation syndrome. Brain 2010; 133:3458-3469.
- Tsuji Y, Noto YI, Kitaoji T, Kojima Y, Mizuno T. Difference in distribution of fasciculations between multifocal motor neuropathy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Clin Neurophysiol 2020; 131:2804-2808.
- Colomer J, Gooding R, Angelicheva D, et al. Clinical spectrum of CMT4C disease in patients homozygous for the p.Arg1109X mutation in SH3TC2. Neuromuscul Disord 2006; 16:449-453.
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