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Post-poliomyelitis syndrome: case report.
The post-polio syndrome (PPS) is an entity characterized for an episode of muscular weakness and/or abnormal muscular fatigue in individuals that had presented acute polio years before. We report the case of PPS in a patient, 40 years, that thirty-five years after had had paralytic poliomyelitis, developed new symptoms of fatigue, muscular atrophy, dyspnea, difficulties in deambulation and musc...
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Post poliomyelitis syndrome (PPS) is a rare sequel of acute poliomyelitis, usually seen 30-40 years after an acute episode. It is characterized by new muscle weakness seen in survivors of acute poliomyelitis. We describe a rare case of a 50 year old man; with a previous history of poliomyelitis in right lower limb who now presented with complaints of progressive left lower limb weakness for pas...
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Since there is still considerable uncertainty regarding the path by which the poliomyelitis virus reaches the central nervous system, it appears of interest to determine whether other routes beside the respiratory and alimentary tracts may serve as the entry portals. The recent report by Faber and Silverberg (1942) of the presence of the virus in the semilunar (Gasserian) ganglion suggested to ...
متن کاملCase Report Myasthenia Gravis Masquerading as Post-poliomyelitis Syndrome
A 79-year-old man with previous bulbar poliomyelitis developed dysphagia and was diagnosed as having post-polio syndrome. Over 2 years, his swallowing deteriorated and he suffered an aspiration pneumonia. Only after the subsequent development of fatigue and facial weakness was myasthenia gravis diagnosed. Diagnostic criteria for post-polio syndrome include the exclusion of all other neurologica...
متن کاملLung function in post-poliomyelitis syndrome: a cross-sectional study*
OBJECTIVE To compare lung function between patients with post-poliomyelitis syndrome and those with sequelae of paralytic poliomyelitis (without any signs or symptoms of post-poliomyelitis syndrome), as well as between patients with post-poliomyelitis syndrome and healthy controls. METHODS Twenty-nine male participants were assigned to one of three groups: control; poliomyelitis (comprising p...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1953
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.4827.66