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Acute postasthmatic amyotrophy (Hopkins' syndrome)
Author(s) -
Liedholm Laps Johan A.,
EegOlofsson Orvar,
Ekenberg B. Ewa K.,
Nicolaysen Randi Beck,
Torbergsen Torberg
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/mus.880170711
Subject(s) - etiology , medicine , amyotrophy , pathological , paralysis , anterior horn cell , anterior horn , lesion , flaccid paralysis , spinal cord , guillain barre syndrome , pediatrics , surgery , atrophy , pathology , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , disease , psychiatry
Acute postasthmatic amyotrophy is a rare condition, previously reported in only 26 cases. It is characterized by a sudden onset of a flaccid paralysis of an arm or a leg with completely preserved sensibility, about 1 week after an asthmatic attack. The cause is probably due to a lesion of the anterior horn of the spinal cord, but evidence indicates a more widespread pathological process. The etiology is unknown. but infectious or immunological mechanisms are likely. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.