Locked-in syndrome: report of a case.

Locked-in syndrome: report of a case.

Gallo U E; Fontanarosa P B

The American journal of emergency medicine

1989

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Locked-in syndrome is a unique clinical condition associated with ventral pontine lesions. The locked-in state is characterized by tetraplegia and mutism with maintenance of alertness as well as vertical eye movements and eye blinking, by which communication is possible. A case of locked-in syndrome in a 58-year-old man that demonstrates the clinical manifestations of the disorder is reported. Unless the physician is familiar with the signs and symptoms of the locked-in syndrome, the diagnosis may be missed and the patient may erroneously be considered comatose.

Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Prognosis; *Quadriplegia/diagnosis; Coma/diagnosis; Diagnosis; Differential

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