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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

Oxaliplatin-induced posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES).
Janjua TK, Hassan M, Afridi HK, Zahid NA
BMJ Case Rep 2017 Oct 4;2017 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-221571. PMID: 28978604Free PMC Article
Analysis of laryngoscopic features in patients with unilateral vocal fold paresis.
Woo P, Parasher AK, Isseroff T, Richards A, Sivak M
Laryngoscope 2016 Aug;126(8):1831-6. Epub 2015 Dec 9 doi: 10.1002/lary.25790. PMID: 26651146
Report of cold agglutinins in a patient with acute ischemic stroke.
Jin H, Sun W, Sun Y, Huang Y, Sun Y
BMC Neurol 2015 Oct 30;15:222. doi: 10.1186/s12883-015-0482-2. PMID: 26518136Free PMC Article
Thoracoscopic versus open repair of tracheoesophageal fistulas and rates of vocal cord paresis.
Woo S, Lau S, Yoo E, Shaul D, Sydorak R
J Pediatr Surg 2015 Dec;50(12):2016-8. Epub 2015 Aug 28 doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2015.08.021. PMID: 26392058
Surgery for infective endocarditis complicated by cerebral embolism: a consecutive series of 375 patients.
Misfeld M, Girrbach F, Etz CD, Binner C, Aspern KV, Dohmen PM, Davierwala P, Pfannmueller B, Borger MA, Mohr FW
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014 Jun;147(6):1837-44. Epub 2014 Feb 21 doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.10.076. PMID: 24837722

Diagnosis

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
'Twenty syndrome' in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.
Ghosh R, Dubey S, Chatterjee S, Lahiri D
BMJ Case Rep 2020 Sep 13;13(9) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-234450. PMID: 32928818Free PMC Article
Oxaliplatin-induced posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES).
Janjua TK, Hassan M, Afridi HK, Zahid NA
BMJ Case Rep 2017 Oct 4;2017 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-221571. PMID: 28978604Free PMC Article
Neurocysticercosis presenting as a 'Stroke Mimic'.
Ghasemi R, Rowe A, Shah R, Venkatesan P, England TJ
Acute Med 2016;15(2):79-83. PMID: 27441309
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

Severe Hyperkalemia Masquerading as Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Case Report.
Bahrami Z, Salimi M, Ostovan VR
Iran J Med Sci 2022 Nov;47(6):608-611. doi: 10.30476/IJMS.2021.91382.2253. PMID: 36380974Free 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
'Twenty syndrome' in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.
Ghosh R, Dubey S, Chatterjee S, Lahiri D
BMJ Case Rep 2020 Sep 13;13(9) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-234450. PMID: 32928818Free 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
Oxaliplatin-induced posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES).
Janjua TK, Hassan M, Afridi HK, Zahid NA
BMJ Case Rep 2017 Oct 4;2017 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-221571. PMID: 28978604Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Case Report: Encephalitis Caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris in a 3-Year-Old Iranian Girl.
Safavi M, Mehrtash V, Habibi Z, Mohammadpour M, Haghi Ashtiani MT, Sotoudeh Anvari M, Zaresharifi N, Shafizadeh M, Jafarzadeh B
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2021 Mar 15;104(5):1836-1840. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1257. PMID: 33720845Free PMC Article
Disabling Wake Up Stroke without Lesions on Initial Diffusion Weighted Imaging - Case Report and Clinical Implications.
van de Ven EA, de Kort FAS, Vos JA, Kerklaan JP
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2021 Feb;30(2):105497. Epub 2020 Dec 1 doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105497. PMID: 33276303
4-Factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate Administration via Intraosseous Access for Urgent Reversal of Warfarin.
Peyko V, Shams D, Urbanski R, Noga J
J Emerg Med 2019 Jul;57(1):82-84. Epub 2019 May 3 doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2019.03.005. PMID: 31060844
Analysis of laryngoscopic features in patients with unilateral vocal fold paresis.
Woo P, Parasher AK, Isseroff T, Richards A, Sivak M
Laryngoscope 2016 Aug;126(8):1831-6. Epub 2015 Dec 9 doi: 10.1002/lary.25790. PMID: 26651146
Surgery for infective endocarditis complicated by cerebral embolism: a consecutive series of 375 patients.
Misfeld M, Girrbach F, Etz CD, Binner C, Aspern KV, Dohmen PM, Davierwala P, Pfannmueller B, Borger MA, Mohr FW
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014 Jun;147(6):1837-44. Epub 2014 Feb 21 doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.10.076. PMID: 24837722

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
Disabling Wake Up Stroke without Lesions on Initial Diffusion Weighted Imaging - Case Report and Clinical Implications.
van de Ven EA, de Kort FAS, Vos JA, Kerklaan JP
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2021 Feb;30(2):105497. Epub 2020 Dec 1 doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105497. PMID: 33276303
Analysis of laryngoscopic features in patients with unilateral vocal fold paresis.
Woo P, Parasher AK, Isseroff T, Richards A, Sivak M
Laryngoscope 2016 Aug;126(8):1831-6. Epub 2015 Dec 9 doi: 10.1002/lary.25790. PMID: 26651146
Portable upper extremity robotics is as efficacious as upper extremity rehabilitative therapy: a randomized controlled pilot trial.
Page SJ, Hill V, White S
Clin Rehabil 2013 Jun;27(6):494-503. Epub 2012 Nov 12 doi: 10.1177/0269215512464795. PMID: 23147552Free PMC Article
Ischemic pituitary apoplexy associated with the lupus anticoagulant.
Galvin JA, Van Stavern GP
J Neurol Sci 2004 Jun 15;221(1-2):89-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2004.02.006. PMID: 15178219

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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