Severe pain as a possible cause of dropped head syndrome that was attenuated after amputation of an ischemic lower limb

BACKGROUND: Dropped head syndrome (DHS) is defined as weakness of the neck extensor muscles causing a correctable chin-on-the-chest deformity. Here we report the case of a patient with severe pain from lower leg ischemia showing DHS whose symptoms were attenuated by pain relief after amputation of t...

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Autores principales: Maki, Satoshi, Koda, Masao, Furuya, Takeo, Takahashi, Kazuhisa, Yamazaki, Masashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4776416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26936164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-1952-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4776416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26936164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-1952-3

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