Charcot in the ICU: functional tetraplegia after surgery.

We report a patient with no psychiatric history or prior abnormal examination who developed sudden-onset functional tetraplegia and sensory disturbances immediately after elective surgery, and who was subsequently discharged home several days later after nearly complete resolution of neurologic deficits. We highlight the features of this syndrome, including its unique postoperative presentation, unusual resolution and absence of any identifiable psycho-dynamic mechanism. We also introduce the tripod sign as a useful clinical tool in identifying functional tetraplegia. PMID: 32532808 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32532808?dopt=Abstract

Source: Practical Neurology - June 11, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Scheitler KM, Robin CR, Wijdicks EFM Tags: Pract Neurol Source Type: research