A case from the library
Weakness of all four limbs in a 38-year-old woman
NephrologyHard
Nadia Rahman
38 years · Female
Vitals
- Heart rate
- 88 bpm
- Blood pressure
- 112/70 mmHg
- Resp. rate
- 18 /min
- SpO₂
- 98%
- Temperature
- 98.2 °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 Clinical Case Reports, 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.
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