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Woman with acute onset involuntary limb movements.

Authors :
Tsung-Han Ho
Jiunn-Tay Lee
Yaw-Don Hsu
Ho, Tsung-Han
Lee, Jiunn-Tay
Hsu, Yaw-Don
Source :
Emergency Medicine Journal (EMJ); Jul2019, Vol. 36 Issue 7, p415-416, 2p, 1 Black and White Photograph, 2 Diagrams
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

<bold>Clinical Introduction: </bold>An 88-year-old woman presented with acute onset of involuntary limb movements for one day. Two days prior she had fallen a suffered a left hip contusion but no head trauma. There was no fever or difficulty breathing. Her heart rate was 72 bpm with blood pressure of 109/68 mm Hg. Physical examination revealed restricted left hip motion due to pain and a sustained twisted posture of the upper extremity without paresis. Glasgow Coma Scale was 15, and there was no evidence of Kernig's or Brudzinski's sign. She underwent a hip X-ray and non-contrast CT scan (figures 1 and 2).emermed;36/7/415/F1F1F1Figure 1Anteroposterior X-radiograph of the hip.emermed;36/7/415/F2F2F2Figure 2A non-contrast brain CT.<bold>Question: </bold>What is the most likely cause of the clinical presentation?Acute meningitisCerebral fat embolismHaemorrhagic strokeHypertensive encephalopathy For answer see page 2For question see page 1. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14720205
Volume :
36
Issue :
7
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Emergency Medicine Journal (EMJ)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
137957992
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2018-208104