AUTHOR=Szczepańska Aleksandra , Dziadkowiak Edyta , Bladowska Joanna , Kipiński Lech , Budrewicz Sławomir , Koszewicz Magdalena 

TITLE=The Usefulness of Quantitative EEG and Advanced MR Techniques in the Monitoring and Long-Term Prognosis of Lance-Adams Syndrome

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neurology

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2019

YEAR=2019

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2019.00214

DOI=10.3389/fneur.2019.00214

ISSN=1664-2295

ABSTRACT=Objectives: Chronic post-hypoxic myoclonus, known as Lance-Adams syndrome, is a rare complication of successful cardiopulmanary resuscitation.  It is characterized by intention myoclonus, cerebellar ataxia and preserved intellect. The basis of the disease and its long-term prognosis remain unclear. 
Case report: The authors present a 53-year-old woman with a history of asthma bronchiale who suffered from myoclonus after hypoxic brain damage due to cardiac arrest  Advanced electrophysiological (quantitative EEG) and MR (MR spectroscopy) techniques were employed. 
Conclusions: Over long-term observation the results suggested permanent synaptic rearrangements of the neuronal networks due to brain plasticity in the patient after the brain hypoxia.