On the fifth day he developed paresis of the left leg and his right leg followed suit two days later, so that a week after his admission into hospital he was totally helpless in his lower limbs. His abdomen began to distend and his constipation could only be relieved by copious purgatives and intravenous pituitrin. On the ninth day after admission he showed slight paresis of his hands and often...

Ninety-three Chinese patients with cutaneous herpes zoster were seen during a 4-year period. Thoracic zoster occurred most commonly, followed by ophthalmic, cervical and lumbosacral zoster. Neurological complications were present in eleven patients (11.8%), the commonest being Ramsay-Hunt syndrome and segmental limb paresis. The clinical picture, pathogenesis, treatment and outcome of segmental...

Bovine Spastic Paresis is a neuromuscular disorder seen sporadically in many cattle breeds. It is characterized by a progressive unilateral or bilateral hyperextension of the rear limbs. A genetic background of the trait appears unquestionable and most authors postulate recessive inheritance with incomplete penetrance. In this study we carried out a genome-wide association study including 96 AI...

ology of the lesion and suggests infection, both of which are likely _either trauma or to subside. Hoefnagel and l’enry’ presented six cases of seventh nerve paresis, three of which spontaneously improved. Patient S. MC., whose facial nerve paresis has persisted, has associated left mild hemiparesis and minor motor seizures. Th,is suggests a more central etiology of his neurologic lesion. The p...

Case Report A 55-year-old man of Pakistani descent experienced low back pain and paresis of the left leg without pareses in trunk or arm Dear Sir, We report the first case of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FALS) caused by H46R SOD1 mutation in a patient of Pakistani descent. H46R SOD1 mutations are associated with a characteristic clinical presentation of slowly progressing paresis of ...

Introduction. Paresis and paralysis of the larynx are a fairly common complication after thyroid surgery found in all clinics (oncology endocrinology). The frequency this according to literature ranges from 4 35%. risk damage recurrent nerve increases especially during repeated operations on gland. According literature, postoperative transient persistent paresis is distinguished. Aim. To evalua...

A patient with left shoulder girdle weakness secondary to herpetic myotomal paresis is reported. Needle electromyography revealed denervational discharge from the left supraspinatus, deltoid, and brachioradialis muscles, compatible with a radiculopathy that was relevant to his myotomes affected by zoster infection. The patient was managed with range-of-movement and strengthening exercises as we...

Results: Chart review identified 17 patients. The most common symptom at diagnosis was tinnitus, followed by sensorineural hearing loss, vertigo, facial pain, and headache. Physical exam revealed facial hypesthesias in 3 patients, facial paresis in 2 patients, while 14 patients had no physical exam findings on presentation. MRI studies of all patients revealed lesions which are isodense with br...

INTRODUCTION Motor paresis is a known but rare complication of herpes zoster, estimated to occur between 0% and 6% of all cases. The pathogenesis of motor involvement is poorly understood but has been reported occurring with virus reactivation in nerves of the head, trunk, and extremities. In addition, visceral motor paresis manifesting as urinary or bowel dysfunction has also been described. H...

We report a patient with partial oculomotor paresis due to midbrain infarction. A 69-year-old man noticed diplopia suddenly. Ptosis, and impaired adduction and supraduction were found in the right eye. The pupillary size and light reflexes were normal on both sides. Magnetic resonance imaging disclosed an acute lesion in the right inferolateral oculomotor fascicle. These clinicoradiological fin...