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Muscle Weakness Left-Sided

MedGen UID:
305594
•Concept ID:
C1698038
•
Finding

Definition

A reduction in the strength of the muscles in the left side of the body. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMuscle Weakness Left-Sided

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Unilateral thalamic Vim and GPi stimulation for the treatment of Holmes' tremor caused by midbrain cavernoma: case report and review of the literature.
Aydin S, Abuzayed B, Kiziltan G, Gunduz A, Yagci S, Mengi M, Kizilkilic O, Uzan M, Hanci M
J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2013 Jul;74(4):271-6. Epub 2013 Jan 14 doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1322549. PMID: 23319330

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Body size perception in stroke patients with paresis.
Shahvaroughi-Farahani A, Linkenauger SA, Mohler BJ, Behrens SC, Giel KE, Karnath HO
PLoS One 2021;16(6):e0252596. Epub 2021 Jun 4 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252596. PMID: 34086777Free PMC Article
Pediatric Infective Endocarditis and Stroke: A 13-Year Single-Center Review.
Cao GF, Bi Q
Pediatr Neurol 2019 Jan;90:56-60. Epub 2018 Oct 17 doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2018.07.001. PMID: 30420107
Left-sided hemiparesis, pain frequency, and decreased passive shoulder range of abduction are predictors of long-lasting poststroke shoulder pain.
Lindgren I, Lexell J, Jönsson AC, Brogårdh C
PM R 2012 Aug;4(8):561-8. Epub 2012 Jun 29 doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2012.04.007. PMID: 22749605
A literature review of the pathophysiology and onset of post-stroke spasticity.
Ward AB
Eur J Neurol 2012 Jan;19(1):21-7. Epub 2011 Jun 27 doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03448.x. PMID: 21707868
Are functional motor and sensory symptoms really more frequent on the left? A systematic review.
Stone J, Sharpe M, Carson A, Lewis SC, Thomas B, Goldbeck R, Warlow CP
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002 Nov;73(5):578-81. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.73.5.578. PMID: 12397155Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

A man with left-sided weakness and numbness.
Gheihman G, Paradis XG, O'Neal MA
Emerg Med J 2023 May;40(5):346-368. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2022-212837. PMID: 37085188
Concurrent Bell's Palsy and Facial Pain Improving with Multimodal Chiropractic Therapy: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Chu EC, Trager RJ, Chen AT
Am J Case Rep 2022 Sep 19;23:e937511. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.937511. PMID: 36117309Free PMC Article
Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome: Clinical Manifestations in Children.
Tsirigotaki M, Ntoulios G, Lioumpas M, Voutoufianakis S, Vorgia P
Pediatr Neurol 2019 Oct;99:60-63. Epub 2019 Feb 20 doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.02.013. PMID: 30982655
Methotrexate-induced acute toxic leukoencephalopathy.
Salkade PR, Lim TA
J Cancer Res Ther 2012 Apr-Jun;8(2):292-6. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.98993. PMID: 22842379
Intraventricular angiolipoma.
Lee HK, Ghani AR, Sayuthi S, Abdullah J, Mustaffa F, Othman N, Salmah J
Med J Malaysia 2007 Oct;62(4):339-40. PMID: 18551942

Therapy

Concurrent Bell's Palsy and Facial Pain Improving with Multimodal Chiropractic Therapy: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Chu EC, Trager RJ, Chen AT
Am J Case Rep 2022 Sep 19;23:e937511. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.937511. PMID: 36117309Free PMC Article
Hyperacute hyponatremia mimicking acute ischemic stroke.
Balbi A, Sadowski JA, Torrens D, Jacoby JL, Yacoub HA, Eygnor JK
Am J Emerg Med 2022 Jan;51:428.e5-428.e7. Epub 2021 Jul 10 doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.07.017. PMID: 34304920
Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome: Clinical Manifestations in Children.
Tsirigotaki M, Ntoulios G, Lioumpas M, Voutoufianakis S, Vorgia P
Pediatr Neurol 2019 Oct;99:60-63. Epub 2019 Feb 20 doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.02.013. PMID: 30982655
Classic Raymond Syndrome.
Khan M, Naveed S, Haider I, Humayun M, Khan A
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2017 Mar;27(3):185-186. PMID: 28406779
Methotrexate-induced acute toxic leukoencephalopathy.
Salkade PR, Lim TA
J Cancer Res Ther 2012 Apr-Jun;8(2):292-6. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.98993. PMID: 22842379

Prognosis

Overlapping rheumatoid arthritis and antisynthetase syndrome with secondary Sjögren's syndrome: a case report and review of the literature.
Weerasinghe WS, Jayasinghe C
J Med Case Rep 2022 Apr 4;16(1):132. doi: 10.1186/s13256-022-03353-3. PMID: 35369881Free PMC Article
Body size perception in stroke patients with paresis.
Shahvaroughi-Farahani A, Linkenauger SA, Mohler BJ, Behrens SC, Giel KE, Karnath HO
PLoS One 2021;16(6):e0252596. Epub 2021 Jun 4 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252596. PMID: 34086777Free PMC Article
A Woman With Dyspnea, Weight Loss, and Splenic Lesions.
Hanberg JS, Dunne D
Chest 2020 Jan;157(1):e13-e16. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.08.2181. PMID: 31916969
Left-sided hemiparesis, pain frequency, and decreased passive shoulder range of abduction are predictors of long-lasting poststroke shoulder pain.
Lindgren I, Lexell J, Jönsson AC, Brogårdh C
PM R 2012 Aug;4(8):561-8. Epub 2012 Jun 29 doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2012.04.007. PMID: 22749605
A literature review of the pathophysiology and onset of post-stroke spasticity.
Ward AB
Eur J Neurol 2012 Jan;19(1):21-7. Epub 2011 Jun 27 doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03448.x. PMID: 21707868

Clinical prediction guides

Hyperacute hyponatremia mimicking acute ischemic stroke.
Balbi A, Sadowski JA, Torrens D, Jacoby JL, Yacoub HA, Eygnor JK
Am J Emerg Med 2022 Jan;51:428.e5-428.e7. Epub 2021 Jul 10 doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.07.017. PMID: 34304920
Something hazy drifting in the air….
McCreary D, McArdle J, Minks D, Horridge K
Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed 2021 Dec;106(6):341-343. Epub 2019 Dec 19 doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317535. PMID: 31862781
Anosognosia for hemiparesis after left-sided stroke.
Baier B, Vucurevic G, Müller-Forell W, Glassl O, Geber C, Dieterich M, Karnath HO
Cortex 2014 Dec;61:120-6. Epub 2014 Aug 7 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.07.017. PMID: 25481470
A literature review of the pathophysiology and onset of post-stroke spasticity.
Ward AB
Eur J Neurol 2012 Jan;19(1):21-7. Epub 2011 Jun 27 doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03448.x. PMID: 21707868
Are functional motor and sensory symptoms really more frequent on the left? A systematic review.
Stone J, Sharpe M, Carson A, Lewis SC, Thomas B, Goldbeck R, Warlow CP
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002 Nov;73(5):578-81. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.73.5.578. PMID: 12397155Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Are functional motor and sensory symptoms really more frequent on the left? A systematic review.
Stone J, Sharpe M, Carson A, Lewis SC, Thomas B, Goldbeck R, Warlow CP
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002 Nov;73(5):578-81. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.73.5.578. PMID: 12397155Free PMC Article

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