Conditions / Nervous system
lateral sclerosis
info · Nervous system · ICD-10: G12.23
A motor neuron disease characterized by painless but progressive weakness and stiffness of the muscles of the legs.
Signs and symptoms
- Dysphagia
- Spastic dysarthria
- Babinski sign
- Spastic tetraparesis
- Spastic gait
- Hyperreflexia
- Abnormal upper motor neuron morphology
Also known as: adult-onset primary lateral sclerosis; primary lateral sclerosis