Spinal Cord Meningioma: A Treatable Cause of Paraplegia

Chondrocalcinosis associated with Gitelman syndrome (GS) presents in young adults with either no symptoms or joint pain, muscle weakness, muscle cramps, paresthesias, episodes of tetany, or hypokalemic paralysis. Spinal cord meningiomas present with gradual onset of lower extremities weakness, numbn...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mittal, Manoj K., Rabinstein, Alejandro A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3409625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22870177
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jocmr912w
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Sumario:Chondrocalcinosis associated with Gitelman syndrome (GS) presents in young adults with either no symptoms or joint pain, muscle weakness, muscle cramps, paresthesias, episodes of tetany, or hypokalemic paralysis. Spinal cord meningiomas present with gradual onset of lower extremities weakness, numbness, pain, or balance problem. We report a 76 year old gentleman who presented with gradually progressive leg weakness puzzling the treating physicians.

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