Contagious Weakness in an Elderly Couple with Neurologic Emergencies

We present an unusual neurologic emergency in an elderly male patient. Given his presentation and risk factors, we presumed the initial symptoms to be secondary to a cerebrovascular accident. As the case evolved, however, it became apparent that a more unusual pathology was present. This case report...

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Autores principales: Matthews, Cari E., Garg, Vikram K., Sanyal, Pallabi, Baban, Kandan, Grudko, Kenneth, Field, Adam G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2011
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Neuroscience
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21691477
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author Matthews, Cari E.
Garg, Vikram K.
Sanyal, Pallabi
Baban, Kandan
Grudko, Kenneth
Field, Adam G.
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Garg, Vikram K.
Sanyal, Pallabi
Baban, Kandan
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description We present an unusual neurologic emergency in an elderly male patient. Given his presentation and risk factors, we presumed the initial symptoms to be secondary to a cerebrovascular accident. As the case evolved, however, it became apparent that a more unusual pathology was present. This case report showcases a rare condition masquerading as a common neurologic emergency.
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spelling pubmed-30883802011-06-20 Contagious Weakness in an Elderly Couple with Neurologic Emergencies Matthews, Cari E. Garg, Vikram K. Sanyal, Pallabi Baban, Kandan Grudko, Kenneth Field, Adam G. West J Emerg Med Neuroscience We present an unusual neurologic emergency in an elderly male patient. Given his presentation and risk factors, we presumed the initial symptoms to be secondary to a cerebrovascular accident. As the case evolved, however, it became apparent that a more unusual pathology was present. This case report showcases a rare condition masquerading as a common neurologic emergency. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2011-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3088380/ /pubmed/21691477 Text en Copyright © 2011 the authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
spellingShingle Neuroscience
Matthews, Cari E.
Garg, Vikram K.
Sanyal, Pallabi
Baban, Kandan
Grudko, Kenneth
Field, Adam G.
Contagious Weakness in an Elderly Couple with Neurologic Emergencies
title Contagious Weakness in an Elderly Couple with Neurologic Emergencies
title_full Contagious Weakness in an Elderly Couple with Neurologic Emergencies
title_fullStr Contagious Weakness in an Elderly Couple with Neurologic Emergencies
title_full_unstemmed Contagious Weakness in an Elderly Couple with Neurologic Emergencies
title_short Contagious Weakness in an Elderly Couple with Neurologic Emergencies
title_sort contagious weakness in an elderly couple with neurologic emergencies
topic Neuroscience
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21691477
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