Neuromuscular Diseases A Practical Guideline - part 5 docx

... entrapment Notalgia paresthetica: involvement of dorsal radicular branches Thoracic disc disease (rare) Neoplastic: Invasion at the apex of the lung Schwannoma Vertebral metastases Traumatic: Trauma This ... Muscle Nerve 25: 6 05 607 Staal A, van Gijn J, Spaans F (1999) The obturator nerve. In: Staal A, van Gijn J, Spaans F (eds) Mononeuropathies; examination, diagnosis and treatment. Saund...

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... myopathy: Collagen VI Autosomal recessive: 2A: Calpain-3; 15q 15 2B: Dysferlin; 2p12 2C: gamma-sarcoglycan; 13q12 2D: alpha-sarcoglycan; 17q21 2E: beta-sarcoglycan; 4q12 2F: delta-sarcoglycan; 5q33 2G: ... by certain distinc- tive clinical features: cardiac arrhythmia often requiring a pacemaker, limb and spine contractures, lack of facial weakness, and X-linked or autosomal dominant inhe...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:25

... via cervical plexus nerve Parasellar Trauma syndrome Neoplastic: adenoma, craniopharyngioma, epidermoid, ganglion Gasseri meningioma, neurofibroma, pituitary sarcoma Vascular: carotid artery aneurysm, ... nerve: Facial paralysis without impairment of lacrimation, however salivation, loss of taste and hyperacusis. c) Between stapedius nerve and chorda tympani: facial paralysis, intact lacri- m...

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... conditions Conservative: Trauma: neurapraxia, partial lesion (mild axonal lesion) Blunt trauma Neuralgic amyotrophy Malpositioning Operative: Trauma: severe axonal lesion, neurotmesis Generally good-partial ... passes through a pelvic sacral foramen to join the sacral plexus; each dorsal ramus emerges through a dorsal sacral foramen to supply paraspinal muscles and the skin over the sacra...

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... degenera- tion. Some are associated with anti-neuronal antibodies. Peripheral neuro- pathies in cancer patients can also be part of a multifocal paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis (PEM). Demyelination ... Ganglioneuroblastoma Neuroblastoma Schwannomas are the commonest benign nerve sheath tumors. They are encapsulated and displace adjacent nerve fascicles. Schwannomas can present as a pai...

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... muscle weakness, ataxia, and areflexia. Ptosis and mydriasis can be demonstrated on exam. MFS is considered a variant of AIDP, and cases initially appearing to fall in the classic MFS triad can progress ... oligoarthritis, cardiac impairment, and myositis can occur along- side a variety of CNS conditions in stage III disease. Demyelination and subacute encephalitis may be accompanied by a...

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... in particular, rarely other tumors). Associated neurological conditions: Anti-Hu syndrome Ataxia Encephalopathy Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration Other autoimmune diseases LEMS (Lambert Eaton ... thymoma (70% to 100%) and occasionally without thymoma. Prevalence Anatomical-functional relations Types Pathogenesis Other associated antibodies Anti-striatal antibodies Signs Symptoms Anti-t...

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... 1q21 1C: Caveolin-3; 3p 25 1D: 7q Bethlem myopathy: Collagen VI Autosomal recessive: 2A: Calpain-3; 15q 15 2B: Dysferlin; 2p12 2C: gamma-sarcoglycan; 13q12 2D: alpha-sarcoglycan; 17q21 2E: beta-sarcoglycan; ... Nemaline myopathy. A Distal leg atrophy in a patient with nemaline myopathy. B At- rophy of the proximal arm mus- cles, neck muscles, and weak- ness of the facial muscles. C Bi-...

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... procedures and treatments for PLS are currently identical to those for ALS. Most cases of ALS (at least 80%) are sporadic. A smaller number are attributable to autosomal dominant familial ALS (FALS). ... mitochondrial disorders, vasculitis, some types of amyloidosis and hereditary neuropathies CIDP Inflammatory myopathies MG Polyneuropathy Anemia Anesthesia Angiography Anorexia nervosa Asth...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:25

... (virtual circuits) and is capable of providing a variety of quality-of-service guarantees. Packets in ATM are called cells and are of fixed length (53 bytes). ATM is being used by many carriers ... layer. A virtual circuit (VC) represents an end-to-end connection with a certain set of quality-of-service parameters associated with it, such as bandwidth and error rate. Data transmit...

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