Acupuncture as an Adjunct Treatment in Stiff Person Syndrome

Stiff person syndrome (SPS) is a rare neurological disorder. Treatments are limited, and non-pharmacologic therapies are recommended based on symptomatology. A G2P2002 post-menopausal 60-year-old female with hypertension, obesity, and type II diabetes, and SPS secondary to a paraneoplastic process cause by endometrioid ovarian adenocarcinoma who presented to acupuncture clinic seeking treatment for SPS and its sequela. Her main complaints upon presentation included muscles spasticity causing low back pain, hip flexor pain, insomnia and chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy. Her mood and quality of life were also noted to be poor at presentation.