Hopkins syndrome and phantom hernia: a rare association

Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), other than paralytic poliomyelitis, are usually due to demyelination like Guillian Barre syndrome (GBS), transverse myelitis and traumatic neuritis. Poliomyelitis like illness, Hopkins syndrome or Post Asthmatic Amotrophy, associated with bronchial asthma and hyperIgEe...

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Published in:Indian pediatrics 2011-06, Vol.48 (6), p.483-485
Main Authors: Elizabeth, K E, Guruprasad, C S, Sindhu, T G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Asthma - complications
Child, Preschool
Hernia - complications
Hernia - diagnosis
Humans
Male
Paraplegia - complications
Paraplegia - diagnosis
Paraplegia - physiopathology
Paraplegia - therapy
Syndrome
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Summary:Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), other than paralytic poliomyelitis, are usually due to demyelination like Guillian Barre syndrome (GBS), transverse myelitis and traumatic neuritis. Poliomyelitis like illness, Hopkins syndrome or Post Asthmatic Amotrophy, associated with bronchial asthma and hyperIgEemia has been reported in literature. We present a two and a half year old child who developed AFP with phantom hernia following an episode of bronchial asthma.
ISSN:0974-7559