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Failing vision, falls and jerking in a 13-year-old boy

PediatricsHard

Karim Al-Jabouri

13 years · Male

Vitals

Heart rate
84 bpm
Blood pressure
112/70 mmHg
Resp. rate
16 /min
SpO₂
99%
Temperature
98.4 °F

How hard it is

A rare condition, or a common one presenting unusually. The standard questions and tests won't get you there; you'll need to spot what doesn't fit.

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Source

Adapted from a case report published in Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, under the CC BY 4.0 license. The patient's name and some details are invented; the clinical picture follows the report. The report names the diagnosis.