Painless weakness of the leg.

Leg weakness and decreased vision.

Progressive leg pain and weakness.

A 54-year-old man presented with progressive asymmetric leg pain and weakness. He had a history of invasive squamous cell carcinoma that was fully treated 2 years earlier. His leg symptoms progressed relentlessly during several months. Imaging studies demonstrated enhancement of the cauda equina and leptomeninges of the lower spinal cord. Initial cerebrospinal fluid examination showed an elevat...

Ipsilateral leg weakness associated with carotid stenosis.

Ipsilateral motor or sensory symptoms associated with carotid occlusive diseases are rare. We report a 52-year-old man who presented with aphasia, right hemiparesis, mild left leg weakness, and bilateral Babinski's signs. During the previous 10 days, he had experienced three episodes of left leg numbness and incoordination that occurred either alone or in association with right arm and leg weak...

Leg Weakness Pathology in Broiler Chickens

The aim of the present work is to make a review on the literature concerning the incidence of some major pathologies of leg skeleton in broiler chickens and broiler breeders, related to poor animal welfare. On the basis of data on the incidence of leg skeletal pathology published by us and by other researchers, this review goes through some reports on femoral head necrosis (FHN), tibial dyschon...

Should Leg Weakness in Growing Chicks Be Called Rickets?*

The authors (1, 2), as well as other investigators (3) in the field of poultry nutrition, have called the condition in growing chicks, popularly known as leg weakness, rickets. The use of the term rickets is in harmony with the idea expressed by Park (4) in a discussion of the etiology of rickets in which he states, “Increasing knowledge concerning rickets has made it necessary to broaden the v...