Brachial Monoplegia

Shoe Based Assistive Device for Monoplegia Patients

Paralysis is a disease where muscles lose its functionality. Few patients are affected with partial paralysis, where a single limb functions while the other doesn’t function. The developed lower leg assistive device serves as a comfortable, low cost, and compatible and can be used in all physiotherapy and rehabilitation purposes. This particular kind of assistive device can also be effective fo...

Acute monoplegia secondary to herpes zoster infection: a case report

Brachial plexopathy with motor involvement secondary to herpes zoster infection is very rare. Also known as shingles, herpes zoster occurs as a result of reactivation of varicella zoster virus in the dorsal root ganglia. We present a 69-year-old male patient with right upper extremity monoplegia secondary to herpes zoster infection. Physical examination showed scars from rash on his right antec...

Contrast-induced monoplegia following coronary angioplasty with iopromide.

Seizures, alterations in mental and cerebral functions, and ophthalmoplegia are known side effects of contrast agents. Here we report a case of self-limiting monoplegia in a patient after the administration of intracoronary iopromide after coronary angiography which emphasises that, although benign, contrast-induced monoplegia is a neurological disease which requires careful evaluation and a...

Spontaneous upper limb monoplegia secondary to probable cerebral amyloid angiopathy

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy is a clinicopathological disorder characterised by vascular amyloid deposition initially in leptomeningeal and neocortical vessels, and later affecting cortical and subcortical regions. The presence of amyloid within the walls of these vessels leads to a propensity for primary intracerebral haemorrhage. We report the unusual case of a 77-year-old female who presented...

A Case of Hysterical Monoplegia *Rearranged by Editor.