Erschienen in:
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
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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. …