Posterior Epidural Migration of a Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Fragment Resembling a Spinal Tumor: A Case Report [PDF]
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2018 Posterior epidural migration of a lumbar intervertebral disc fragment (PEMLIF) is uncommon because of anatomical barriers. It is difficult to diagnose PEMLIF definitively because of its relatively rare incidence and the ambiguity of radiological findings
Hyojun Kim +10 more
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An Uncommon Cause of Severe Polyradiculopathy
Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2023 A 60-year-old man with well-controlled HIV presented to a tertiary care center in Arizona 6 weeks after the abrupt onset of lower extremity weakness that had developed over 1 day and progressed to paraparesis.
Simran Gupta, Marie F. Grill
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Chronic Immune Sensory Polyradiculopathy Plus: A Rare Variant Associated with Amphiphysin Positivity [PDF]
Annals of Indian Academy of NeurologyBetül Özenç +4 more
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A 50 year old with a rapid neuropsychiatric deterioration and choreaform movements [PDF]
, 2017 A 50-year-old man presented acutely to the hospital with behavioural disturbance, choreiform movements and profound nihilistic delusions. He reported recent drug and alcohol abuse, and also apparent involvement in several recent criminal activities, for ...
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Unusual Presentation of Legionella as an Acute Flaccid Quadriparesis in a Case of Guillain-Barre Syndrome [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic ResearchGuillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is a rare polyradiculoneuropathy of the peripheral nerves and, occasionally, the cranial nerves, causing dysfunction, segmental demyelination, and/or axonal degeneration.
Sangram S Mangudkar +4 more
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Is nerve biopsy useful in diagnosis of CIDP? [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2011 Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy is mainly based on clinical and electrophysiological criteria. If electrophysiological findings remain questionable for the diagnosis of CIDP and/or clinical presentation is atypical, nerve biopsy may ...
Ioana Mindruta +5 more
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Polyradiculopathy secondary to severe hypertriglyceridemia [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2015 A 74-year-old man presented with a subacute severe thoracic polyradiculopathy affecting the T4–T8 dermatomes bilaterally. Extensive investigation demonstrated markedly raised triglyceride levels of 44 mmol/L (<1.7). The patient's unique presentation is discussed alongside a review of triglyceride-induced neurotoxicity and therapeutic management.
Cassie, Nesbitt +2 more
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CNS relapse of childhood ALL: More than meets the eye
Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal, 2021 Relapse of childhood leukemia has protean manifestations. Bone marrow/central nervous system (CNS) and testis are the typical locations of relapse in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Infrequently, the disease may relapse at atypical sites with unusual
Pritam Singha Roy +4 more
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Incidence of multiple Herpesvirus infection in HIV seropositive patients, a big concern for Eastern Indian scenario [PDF]
, 2010 Background Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is associated with an increased risk for human herpes viruses (HHVs) and their related diseases and they frequently cause disease deterioration and therapeutic failures.
Nilanjan Chakraborty +10 more
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, 2018 A 26-year-old man was referred with facial weakness, dysarthria, dysphagia, ophthalmoparesis and severely weak and wasted legs. His symptoms had begun when aged 20 with electric shock pains and paraesthesia in both feet progressing over 6 months to the ...
Brandner, S +10 more
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