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Erschienen in: Acta Neurologica Belgica 6/2020

03.09.2020 | Letter to the Editor

Flail arm syndrome mimic caused by hemosiderin deposition in the anterior horn

verfasst von: Kazushi Deguchi, Naomi Honjo, Tadayuki Takata, Tetsuo Touge, Tsutomu Masaki

Erschienen in: Acta Neurologica Belgica | Ausgabe 6/2020

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Excerpt

Ventral longitudinal intraspinal fluid collection (VLIFC) with [1] or without [2] superficial siderosis (SS) may cause bibrachial or multisegmental amyotrophy. Amyotrophy localized in the proximal part of both upper limbs mimics flail arm syndrome (FAS), which is a variant of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Although lower motor neuron deficits suggest an anterior horn cell pathology, the involvement of direct anterior horn cell damage remains unclear [3]. We present a case of FAS mimic due to VLIFC with SS. This case suggests that anterior horn cells impaired due to hemosiderin deposition might play a role in the development of FAS mimic. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Flail arm syndrome mimic caused by hemosiderin deposition in the anterior horn
verfasst von
Kazushi Deguchi
Naomi Honjo
Tadayuki Takata
Tetsuo Touge
Tsutomu Masaki
Publikationsdatum
03.09.2020
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
Acta Neurologica Belgica / Ausgabe 6/2020
Print ISSN: 0300-9009
Elektronische ISSN: 2240-2993
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-020-01489-x

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