[Hopkins syndrome: oral prednisolone was effective for the paralysis].

Abstract

We describe here a 5-year-old girl who presented flaccid paralysis of the left upper limb after recovery from bronchial asthma. T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of the cervical cord revealed a focal high intensity area in the left anterior horn at the C6-C7 level. She was treated with oral prednisolone, and paralysis resolved within two months. Thirty cases of Hopkins syndrome have been reported so far, but its cause remains unknown. Early administration of prednisolone might ameliorate paralysis in this syndrome.

• Authors: Y Nakano, R Kohira, H Yamazaki, N Fujita, T Fuchigami, O Okubo, K Harada
• Journal: No to hattatsu = Brain and development (No To Hattatsu) Vol. 33 Issue 1 Pg. 69-73 (Jan 2001) ISSN: 0029-0831 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 11197900 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Inflammatory Agents
• Prednisolone

Topics

• Anti-Inflammatory Agents (administration & dosage)
• Asthma (complications)
• Child, Preschool
• Female
• Humans
• Paralysis (complications, drug therapy)
• Poliomyelitis (complications)
• Prednisolone (administration & dosage)
• Syndrome