Clinical Case Reports (Feb 2023)

Stiff person syndrome in a Nepalese man with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and ketonuria: A rare case report

  • Sanjeev Kharel,
  • Rajeev Ojha,
  • Siddhartha Bhandari,
  • Amit Sharma,
  • Naresh Parajuli,
  • Ragesh Karn,
  • Bikram Prasad Gajurel,
  • Reema Rajbhandari,
  • Niraj Gautam,
  • Ashish Shrestha

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6936
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 2
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS), a progressive Central Nervous System disorder is accompanied by progressive muscle rigidity, hyperreflexia, and spasms mainly in truncal and proximal leg muscles mainly associated with autoimmune disorders. Here, we report a rare case of SPS in a middle‐aged Nepalese man with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and ketonuria.

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