INTRODUCTION The association between enterovirus D68 and acute flaccid myelitis was first described in the United States in 2014. Since then, sporadic cases have been reported in Canada and Europe. This study describes a series of cases of acute flaccid myelitis at Hospital de Pediatría "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan," in Buenos Aires, Argentina, during 2016. METHODS Descriptive, retrospective s...

BACKGROUND Hyperkalaemic paralysis due to renal failure is a rare but potentially life threatening event. CASE PRESENTATION We present a patient who had sudden onset ascending flaccid paralysis. The EMS first diagnosis was acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction based on an EKG. In the emergency room (ER) due to careful history taking, serum electrolytes and repeat EKG a correct diagnosis wa...

Glucocorticoids are commonly used in the treatment of patients with thyroid disorders, in particular Graves' ophthalmopathy. Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis (TPP) is an infrequent but potentially serious condition characterised by recurrent episodes of weakness associated with hypokalemia. We describe the development of acute hypokalemic paralysis in a middle-aged Caucasian man with r...

Objective: To analyze the incidence, etiology, clinical features, management and short term outcome of Acute Flaccid Paralysis. Design: Prospective observational cross sectional descriptive study. Setting: All the patients diagnosed as Acute Flaccid Paralysis admitted in pediatric wards and ICU of Institute for Women and Child Health, Niloufer Hospital, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad were t...

BACKGROUND Patients infected with West Nile virus (WNV) may develop acute neurologic disease, which can be severe or even fatal, including WNV meningitis, encephalitis, and an irreversible acute flaccid paralysis or poliomyelitis-like syndrome. Movement disorders have also been described. REPORT We report combined neuronal loss, gliosis, and neurofibrillary tangle formation in the substantia ...

The pharyngeal cervical brachial (PCB) variant of Guillain-Barre-syndrome (GBS) is defined by rapidly progressive oropharyngeal and cervicobrachial weakness associated with areflexia in upper limbs. On nerve conduction study PCB represents a localized subtype GBS characterized axonal rather than demyelinating neuropathy. often misdiagnosed as brainstem stroke, myasthenia gravis or botulism. Her...