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- Title
Management of a patient with Opalski's syndrome in intensive care unit and mini review of the literature.
- Authors
Aslanidis, T.; Chytas, I.; Kontos, A.; Giannakou-Peftoulidou, M.
- Abstract
Stroke syndromes include a variety of syndromes with often overlapping clinical presentations. When ipsilateral hemiplegia is associated with symptoms of a lateral medullary syndrome, it corresponds to the submedullary syndrome of Opalski. A 72-year-old woman presented with sudden onset of headache, gait disturbance, and recurrent vomiting. Her clinical status gradually deteriorated and she was admitted to the intensive care unit where a variety of problems, related to her diagnosis (Opalski syndrome), were managed.
- Subjects
GAIT disorders; GAIT apraxia; HEADACHE risk factors; VOMITING -- Risk factors; ANABOLIC steroids; WERNICKE'S encephalopathy; VITAMIN B1; DRUG abuse; GENETICS
- Publication
Hippokratia, 2012, Vol 16, Issue 4, p373
- ISSN
1108-4189
- Publication type
Article