bilateral vocal cord paralysis is a rare and preventable complication of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. herein, we report a fatal case of bilateral vocal cord paralysis after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (acd/f). a 65-year-old man with cervical spine trauma and anterior cord syndrome, following car overturn presented to our emergency department. the patient had c6-t10 prola...

BACKGROUND Acute suppurative thyroiditis is an increasingly rare entity, accounting for less than 0.1% of thyroid surgery. This is the first report in the literature of acute thyroiditis causing a unilateral reversible vocal cord paralysis. METHODS A 41-year-old woman was initially seen with a unilateral vocal cord paralysis resulting from acute suppurative thyroiditis. RESULTS The vocal co...

We describe a case of temporal granulocytic sarcoma in a 26-year-old patient after apparent molecular remission of an acute myeloid leukaemia. He complained of otodynia with hearing loss and facial paralysis on the right side. He was treated with chemotherapy and self-transplant haematopoietic stem cells. He was cured clinically, molecular remission of the haematological processes was achieved,...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) characteristics and clinical and MRI follow-up findings of patients with neurological complications of enterovirus 71-related hand, foot and mouth disease. METHODS Data were collected from 12 patients who developed neurological complications of enterovirus 71-related hand, foot, and mouth disease during an enterov...

Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is a disease characterized by sudden onset and muscle paralysis. It occurs in the setting of hypokalemia of thyrotoxicosis. Cases of TPP induced by a glucocorticoid such as prednisolone or methylprednisolone have been reported. We report on two patients, each of whom received a dexamethasone injection and subsequently developed TPP. Both patients experienced ...

Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. COVID-19 infection is considered multi-system with neurological, digestive, and cardiovascular symptoms complications. It can trigger acute diffuse endothelial dysfunction, resulting in cytokine storm, most likely induced interleukin-6 (IL-6) amplifier. The ...

Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is a rare life-threatening condition most commonly seen in individuals between the ages of 20-40 years. It prevalent Hispanic and Asian populations. Here we present case report young male patient admitted to our facility with an acute onset paralysis. He was found have new-onset hyperthyroidism severe hypokalemia. TPP exacerbated by intake high-carbohydrate m...

hypokalemic disease is a disorder in which the amount of serum’ s potassium declines and the patient faces limbs weakness. in this disease, eye muscle and respiratory muscles rarely become involved and death may follow due to respiratory paralysis and heart conducting disturbances. since this disease is treatable and progressive weakness can be prevented, therefore in the study conducted we att...

Vocal cord paralysis associated with goiter usually indicates the presence of a malignancy. Pediatric patients retain significant thymic tissue that regresses only later in life. This thymic tissue can develop significant hyperplasia during an acute autoimmune process. We describe a case of a 17-year-old girl who presented with a goiter secondary to severe Graves' disease and a 2-month history ...

BACKGROUND Similar to poliovirus, enterovirus type 71 (EV71) causes severe disease, including aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, acute flaccid paralysis, and acute cardiopulmonary dysfunction. Large epidemics of EV71 infection have been reported worldwide. METHODS After recognition of a cluster of cases of EV71 disease, we reviewed records of patients with EV71 disease who required hospitaliza...