Case 50-1966
- 17 November 1966
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 275 (20) , 1125-1133
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm196611172752010
Abstract
Presentation of CaseA seventeen-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of hemiparesis.She had been well until twelve days previously, in the thirtieth week of an uneventful first pregnancy, when severe weakness developed, followed by unresponsiveness. She was taken to another hospital, where examination disclosed hyperactive and symmetrical tendon reflexes and bilateral ankle clonus. The hemoglobin was 4.4 gm. per 100 ml.; marked anisocytosis, poikilocytosis, polychromatophilia and macrocytosis were found on the blood smear. Urinalysis disclosed numerous white cells. A lumbar puncture was reported to be negative. Four units of whole blood were transfused, with a return of . . .Keywords
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