Diabetic amyotrophy (Bruns-Garland syndrome)
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Diabetic neuralgic amyotrophy.
Introduction Neuralgic amyotrophy (acute paralytic brachial neuritis) is a well defined clinical entity (Parsonage and Turner, 1948). Its characteristic presentation is usually intense pain in one or both shoulders followed after a variable interval, from several hours to days, by weakness and later wasting of the affected muscles. The overall prognosis is excellent, despite the severity and ex...
متن کاملBruns Syndrome: a deadly sign
Bruns syndrome was first described in 1902, as a sudden onset of severe headaches and vomiting associated to a vestibular syndrome provoked by abrupt change in head position. It is related to an episodic obstructive hydrocephalous caused by an intraventricular mass that acts like a ball-valve mechanism. A 52 years old man was admitted to the intensive care unit for a sudden onset coma. His Glas...
متن کاملBruns syndrome caused by intraventricular tumor.
The Bruns syndrome is an unusual phenomenon, characterized by attacks of sudden and severe headache, vomiting and vertigo, triggered by abrupt movement of the head. The presumptive cause of the Bruns syndrome is a mobile deformable intraventricular lesion leading to an episodic obstructive hydrocephalus resulted from an intermittent or positional CSF obstruction with elevation of intracranial p...
متن کاملIntraventricular Neurocysticercosis and Bruns’ Syndrome: A Review
Neurocysticercosis, caused by Taenia solium, is a common cause of neurologic disease worldwide. Approximately 2,000 cases per year are diagnosed in the United States. Intraventricular neurocysticercosis is a severe form of the disease, in which cysticerci within the cerebral ventricles cause obstructive hydrocephalus. Symptoms of hydrocephalus include headache, nausea, vomiting, altered mental ...
متن کاملIntravenous immunoglobulin therapy for diabetic amyotrophy.
A 49-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus developed progressive weakness and atrophy of both thighs rendering her wheelchair-bound within two months. The neurological findings and electrophysiological test results were compatible with diabetic amyotrophy (DA). Immediately after intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) therapy (20 g x 3 days), she became able to walk with a cane. After the next course...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Advances in Clinical Neuroscience & Rehabilitation
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1473-9348
DOI: 10.47795/byni3865