Dropped head and man-in-barrel syndrome in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

We report a case of progressive symmetric brachial weakness followed by cervical muscle weakness. The electromyogram confirmed the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. After 3 years the patient remained able to walk unassisted and without significant bulbar manifestations or upper neuron sign...

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Autores principales: Almeida, Rui, Felix, Ana Catarina, André, Ana Luísa, Nzwalo, Hipólito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Clinical Image
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5410875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28473922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omx013
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author Almeida, Rui
Felix, Ana Catarina
André, Ana Luísa
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description We report a case of progressive symmetric brachial weakness followed by cervical muscle weakness. The electromyogram confirmed the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. After 3 years the patient remained able to walk unassisted and without significant bulbar manifestations or upper neuron signs. The concomitant presence of dropped head syndrome and man-in-barrel syndrome in an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patient makes our case unique.
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spelling pubmed-54108752017-05-04 Dropped head and man-in-barrel syndrome in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Almeida, Rui Felix, Ana Catarina André, Ana Luísa Nzwalo, Hipólito Oxf Med Case Reports Clinical Image We report a case of progressive symmetric brachial weakness followed by cervical muscle weakness. The electromyogram confirmed the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. After 3 years the patient remained able to walk unassisted and without significant bulbar manifestations or upper neuron signs. The concomitant presence of dropped head syndrome and man-in-barrel syndrome in an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patient makes our case unique. Oxford University Press 2017-04-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5410875/ /pubmed/28473922 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omx013 Text en © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Dropped head and man-in-barrel syndrome in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5410875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28473922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omx013
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