Quadriplegia Due to Exostosis of Axis

Spastic quadriplegia due to electric shock.

Quadriplegia Due to Lead-contaminated Opium

Purpose: Utilization of lead-contaminated opium may lead to severe motor neuron impairment and quadriplegia. Case report: Forty years oriented old male, opium addict, was admitted to the ICU, with headache, nausea and abdominal pain, and weakness in his lower and upper extremities without definitive diagnosis. The past medical and occupational history was negative. Laboratory investigation show...

Brachial artery rupture due to an exostosis: brief report.

Quadriplegia due to pachymeningitis, vasculitis and sepsis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis: a case report.

We report the case of a 84-year-old man, with history of rheumatoid arthritis, admitted the Hospital for a fall and complaining of dysaesthesia and pain located to the cervical spine and arms. Within a few hours after admission, fever and acute, progressive, ascendant quadriplegia became evident. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of cervical spine showed spinal canal stenosis between C4-C6 with ...

Subungual Exostosis

The curious affection known as "subungual exostosis" appears to have been scientifically described for the first time by Dupuytren, who discriminated cases as early as 1817; hence it is also often called " Dupuytren's exostosis." In studying the natural history of this condition, one cannot help noticing the great frequency of its occurrence as compared with other ossiform skeletal outgrowths; ...