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- Title
Acute quadriplegia caused by necrotizing myopathy in a renal transplant recipient with severe pneumonia: acute onset and complete recovery.
- Authors
Guo-wei Tu; Jie-qiong Song; Simon Kang Seng Ting; Min-jie Ju; Hong-yu He; Ji-hong Dong; Zhe Luo
- Abstract
Critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy are multifaceted complications that follow severe illnesses involving the sensorimotor axons and proximal skeletal muscles. These syndromes have rarely been reported among renal transplant recipients. In this paper, we report a case of acute quadriplegia caused by necrotizing myopathy in a renal transplant recipient with severe pneumonia. The muscle strength in the patient's extremities improved gradually after four weeks of comprehensive treatment, and his daily life activities were normal a year after being discharged.
- Subjects
QUADRIPLEGIA; PNEUMONIA; AXONS; CATASTROPHIC illness; KIDNEY transplantation
- Publication
European Journal of Medical Research, 2015, Vol 20, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0949-2321
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s40001-015-0087-7