paraparesis


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paraparesis

[¦par·ə·pə′rē·səs]
(medicine)
Partial paralysis of the lower extremities.
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Atypical late-onset forms of Krabbe's disease may present with spastic paraparesis, ataxia, tremor, nystagmus, bulbar signs, cognitive dysfunction and less prominent peripheral nerve disturbances.
Hereditary Disorders Mimicking Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
In cases where MRI images of lumbar stenosis due to thickening of the flavum ligament are inconclusive, however, paraparesis has occurred due to neurogenic claudication, decompression laminectomy surgery is the preferred treatment strategy.
Symptomatic Lumbar Hypertrophy of Flavum Ligament Associated with Neurogenic Claudication
The combined single-sitting, 2-stage posterior microsurgical approach via hemilaminectomy followed by thoracoscopic resection is a safe, time-saving, stable, and conformable surgical treatment option for these lesions, resulting in excellent clinical outcome with complete resolution of deep paraparesis.
SPINAL DUMBBELL EPIDURAL HEMANGIOMA: TWO STAGE/SAME SITTING/SAME POSITION POSTERIOR MICROSURGICAL AND TRANSTHORACIC ENDOSCOPIC RESECTION --CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
There were 2 patients with paraplegia, 1 patient with paraparesis, 1 patient with meningitis, and 2 patients with transient ischemic attack as NCs.
Outcomes and Intensive Care Management of Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage in Patients with Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgery/Torakoabdominal Aort Anevrizma Cerrahisinde Beyin Omurilik Sivi Drenajinin Sonuclari ve Yogun Bakim Sureci
The physical examination notices left axillary enlarged lymph nodes, the presence of the laryngeal stridor, the facial hemispasm, vertigo, a decrease in visual and auditory acuity, hypotonia, hypotrophy and bradykinesia, impossible walking, the patient presenting paraparesis.
Clinical and diagnostic features of a case of dissociative motor disorder
The most common clinical presentation was ascending paralysis (66.35%), followed by tingling sensation with weakness in 65.4% of the patients, while 18.09% of the patients reported simultaneous upper and lower limb weakness and, 15.63% of the patients presented with paraparesis. About 38.1% presented with some kind of cranial nerves involvement, 87.4% of the patients presented with absent reflexes, 9.7% presented with depressed reflexes, while 2.8% had hyperreflexia.
IS GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME DIFFERENT IN PAKISTAN?
Eun, "Idiopathic spontaneous spinal subdural hematoma causing transient paraparesis: Case report with a review of the literature," Neurosurgery Quarterly, vol.
Acute, Nontraumatic Spontaneous Spinal Subdural Hematoma: A Case Report and Systematic Review of the Literature
Functional scoring demonstrated that the onset of disease symptoms (absent righting, score = 3) was observed in the vehicle-treated rats at 3 days pi, and the symptoms peaked at 1 week pi (severe paraparesis, score = 7, Figure 1(a)) and remained until 2 weeks pi.
Combination Treatment of C16 Peptide and Angiopoietin-1 Alleviates Neuromyelitis Optica in an Experimental Model
Distal RTA leading to hypokalemia is usually a late manifestation; however, many case reports exist in which paralysis (paraparesis or quadriparesis) is the presenting feature of Sjogren's syndrome (SS) (9-11).
Recurrent Hypokalemia leading to Flaccid Quadriparesis: A Renal or Connective Tissue Disorder
He complained of progressive spastic paraparesis and ataxic gait.
Posterior Mediastinal, Intraspinal, Intradural, Intramedullary Lipoma through a Kovalevsky Canal in the Thoracic Spine
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy is the most common cause of non-traumatic paraparesis and tetraparesis.
SURGICAL OUTCOME OF CORPECTOMY, BONE GRAFTING AND CASPAR PLATING IN NON-TRAUMATIC CERVICAL SPINE DISEASES
In our previous case reports [16, 17], we evaluated the safety and effectiveness of G-CSF in a patient with tetraplegia caused by a cervical hyperextension injury and in a patient with spastic paraparesis due to kyphoscoliosis.
Effects of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor treatment in children and patients with cerebral palsy: a preliminary report
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