Open AccessHopkins’ syndrome
Author(s) -
Maria Roberta Longo,
Raffaele Falsaperla,
Cátia Romano,
Eleonora Passaniti,
Piero Pavone
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical management issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2283-3137
pISSN - 1973-4832
DOI - 10.7175/cmi.v5i2.508
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , anterior horn cell , disease , paralysis , pathological , atrophy , spinal cord , pediatrics , immunology , surgery , pathology , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , psychiatry
Hopkins’ syndrome is a rare disease that affects the anterior horn of the spinal cord after an acute episode of asthma in children with atopic disease. A viral infection or immunological suppression in atopic subjects might be the cause of occurrence of this syndrome, although the mechanism due to the etiopathogenesis of the disease still remains unknown.In general, this disease is manifested by a few days to a few weeks after an acute asthma attack, with flaccid paralysis of one or more limbs and in some cases residual muscle atrophy. The response to corticosteroid therapy is good and rare the possibility of recurrence