Acute postasthmatic amyotrophy (Hopkins' syndrome)

✍ Scribed by Dr. Laps Johan A. Liedholm; Dr. Orvar Eeg-Olofsson; Dr. B. Ewa K. Ekenberg; Dr. Randi Beck Nicolaysen; Dr. Torberg Torbergsen

• Book ID: 102536646
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 385 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0148-639X
• DOI: 10.1002/mus.880170711

✦ Synopsis

Acute postasthmatic amyotrophy is a rare condition, previously reported in only 26 cases. It is characterized by a sudden onset of a flaccid paralysis of an arm or a leg with completely preserved sensibility, about 1 week after an asthmatic attack. The cause is probably due to a lesion of the anterior horn of the spinal cord, but evidence indicates a more widespread pathological process. The etiology is unknown, but infectious or immunological mechanisms are likely. 0 1994