TY - JOUR T1 - Intermittent bursts of abdominal wall jerky movements: belly dancer's syndrome? JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2012-007393 VL - 2012 SP - bcr2012007393 AU - Osama S M Amin AU - Qalandaar Hussein Abdulkarim AU - Mohammad Shaikhani Y1 - 2012/12/24 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2012/bcr-2012-007393.abstract N2 - A 47-year-old Iraqi Kurdish woman presented with a 1-day history of sudden onset of frequent, intermittent and painful abdominal wall jerky movements, 6 days after undergoing haemorrhoidectmy. During sleep, these movements were absent. The postoperative period was uneventful and the patient was discharged home on day 2 with oral clindamycine and metronidazole. The appearance of these movements prompted the A&E interns to think about intestinal obstruction and accordingly they consulted the general surgical department; the surgeon … ER -