Improvement of preoperative foot drop after lumbar surgery.

Foot drop is a common and debilitating finding in patients with lumbar spinal disorders. Recovery of function after surgical treatment of the underlying disorder is not well documented in the literature. The purpose of this retrospective study was to analyze the prognosis of preoperative foot drop after lumbar surgery in 55 patients with foot drop and herniated nucleus pulposus and/or lumbar spinal stenosis.

Brachial neuritis.

Brachial neuritis is a rare disorder of unknown etiology that causes pain and weakness of the shoulder and upper extremity. There have been many descriptions of the disorder in the literature. The classic symptoms begin with an acute onset of sharp pain in the shoulder girdle.

Adhesive capsulitis of the glenohumeral joint with an unusual neuropathic presentation: a case report.

A 37-yr-old woman presented with a 7-mo history of unilateral shoulder girdle stiffness, pain, and weakness and had already been diagnosed with frozen shoulder. Physical examination revealed scapular winging and suspicious focal paralysis of shoulder girdle muscles. Subsequently, electrodiagnostic studies reported denervation of deltoid, infraspinatus, serratus anterior, and lower cervical paraspinal muscles, in addition to a prolonged long thoracic nerve latency.

Spontaneous thoracic spinal cord herniation. A case report.

Study Design: This is a case report.

Objective: To focus attention on spontaneous spinal cord herniation as a rare cause of myelopathy that can be diagnosed preoperatively and can be corrected surgically.

Summary Of Background Data: A 34-year-old woman presented with spastic paraparesis.

Myoglobinuria due to quail poisoning.

Quail poisoning is known to produce an acute myoglobinuric syndrome. The cause of this syndrome is still unknown. It has been suggested that a toxic effect or a genetic sensitivity plays a major role.