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SUBMITTER: Wu D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6205880 | biostudies-other | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Wu Danwei D Liu Anne A Baldinger Esther E Frontera Alfred T AT
Cureus 20180824 8
We report a case of a 61-year-old man with a history of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung presenting with rapidly progressive symmetric ascending weakness with areflexia. The weakness was quickly followed by respiratory decompensation requiring intubation. Lumbar puncture yielded cerebrospinal fluid with elevated protein (177 mg/dL), normal glucose (61 mg/dL), normal red blood cell count (0 per/µl), and normal white blood cell count (0 per/µL). Emergent magnetic resonance imaging of cervical, ...[more]