TY - JOUR
AU1 - Madokoro, Yuta
AU2 - Mizuno, Masayuki
AU3 - Kawashima, Shoji
AU4 - Okita, Kenji
AU5 - Matsukawa, Noriyuki
AB - Neurological Sciences (2022) 43:6569–6570 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-022-06242-1 LE T TER TO  THE   EDITOR Painful legs and moving toes syndrome associated with dementia with Lewy bodies responsive to rotigotine‑induced analgesia 1 1 1 1 1 Yuta Madokoro  · Masayuki Mizuno  · Shoji Kawashima  · Kenji Okita  · Noriyuki Matsukawa Received: 8 May 2022 / Accepted: 24 June 2022 / Published online: 20 July 2022 © Fondazione Società Italiana di Neurologia 2022 Dear Editor, 20. Further, her cranial nerves and coordination were nor- mal. Vibratory sensation in her feet was mildly reduced, but Painful legs and moving toes (PLMT) is a rare syndrome the touch or pain perceptions were normal. The findings of characterized by severe pain localized in legs and irregular cognitive assessment revealed that she had mild dementia involuntary toe movement [1], and it is an incapacitating (Mini-Mental State Examination: 21/30, Montreal Cognitive syndrome due to the lack of an effective pain therapy [ 1]. Assessment: 20/30), and she had high score in the test of Generally, pain is refractory to therapies in patients with visual hallucination (illusory response rate of the pareido- PLMT [1]. Peripheral nerve impairments have been reported lia test: 55%, cut off value ≥ 16%). The blood examination to be a major cause of PLMT; 
TI - Painful legs and moving toes syndrome associated with dementia with Lewy bodies responsive to rotigotine-induced analgesia
JF - Neurological Sciences
DO - 10.1007/s10072-022-06242-1
DA - 2022-11-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/painful-legs-and-moving-toes-syndrome-associated-with-dementia-with-oCvJq8IKJ0
SP - 6569
EP - 6570
VL - 43
IS - 11
DP - DeepDyve
ER -