The clinical features mimic tetanus with sense of suffocation, twitching of muscles, followed by tetanic convulsions and opisthotonus, each lasting half to two minutes.
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Classic signs include opisthotonus, facial trismus, and risus sardonicus.
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A phenomenon, called opisthotonus may also occur, in which severe contraction of the paraspinal muscles causes a characteristic arching posture of the neck and back.
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Babies with bilirubin encephalopathy are lethargic, hypotonic or hypertonic, and have a high pitched cry, opisthotonus, seizures, and may die if bilirubin is not lowered.
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[…] and hypotonia followed by hypertonia are some of the earliest symptoms seen in acute disease, whereas abnormal extension of the neck (retrocollis), generalized aching and opisthotonus
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[…] due to trismus and an inability to swallow, excessive crying caused by hunger, rigidity and generalized muscle spasms induced by touch, including those of the face, and opisthotonus
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Related Concepts SNOMET-CT Tetanus neonatorum (disorder) Tetanic opisthotonus (disorder) Age at onset of clinical finding (observable entity) < 29.0 days ICD-10-CM Alphabetical
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Subsequently, hypertonia, opisthotonus and generalized spasms occur. Table 1 summarizes Bazin's(10) categorization of tetanus neonatorum.
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During hospitalization, the patient's clinical conditions worsened rapidly, and, although in absence of the classic clinical presentation (trisma, nuchal rigidity, and opisthotonus
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The diagnosis of tetanus was clinically made after the appearance of generalized spastic contractions with opisthotonus.
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Opisthotonus, airway obstruction, and circulatory disturbance did not occur. The patient recovered without tracheotomy or tracheal intubation.
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A progressively downhill course ensued, characterized by opisthotonus and respiratory difficulties, and the child died at age 7 months.
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Type 2 is the infantile neuronopathic form, which is characterized by trismus, strabismus, ocular motor apraxia, opisthotonus and death by about two years.
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[…] patients have hepatosplenomegaly similar to type 1, but develop also neurological manifestations (stridor, strabismus and other oculomotor abnormalities, swallowing difficulty, opisthotonus
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[…] flushing,diaphoresis diarrhea fever Difficult to distinguish from NMS, MH, cocaine intoxication, thyroid storm Extrapyramidal haloperidol, phenothiazines rigidity, tremor opisthotonus
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[…] effects most frequently reported with phenothiazine compounds are extrapyramidal symptoms including pseudo-parkinsonism, dystonia, dyskinesia, akathisia, oculogyric crises, opisthotonus
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Hyperreflexia, tremor, myoclonus, trismus • Ataxia, incoordination • Flushing, diaphoresis, fever • Diarrhea Extrapyramidal: haloperidol, phenothiazines • Rigidity, tremor • Opisthotonus
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Signs suggestive of meningeal irritation, including stiff neck, bulging fontanelle, convulsions, and opisthotonus, occur only in a minority of neonates with bacterial meningitis
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[…] neck (generally not present in children under the age of one year or in patients with altered mental state), back rigidity, bulging fontanelle (in infants), photophobia, opisthotonus
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Type 2 GD patients suffer significant progressive neurological impairment, including spasticity, opisthotonus, seizure, and apnea.
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[doi.org] Opisthotonus Type 2 GD patients suffer significant progressive neurological impairment, including spasticity, opisthotonus, seizure, and apnea.
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[emedicine.medscape.com] Type 2 GD patients suffer significant progressive neurological impairment, including spasticity, opisthotonus, seizure, and apnea.
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[…] potentiate venom toxicity, and should be avoided; atropine is used to combat parasympathetic effects scorpion sting A toxic systemic response to scorpion venom Clinical SOB, opisthotonus
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Two days after admission, opisthotonus accompanied with loss of con- sciousness was noted.
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[…] neck (generally not present in children under the age of one year or in patients with altered mental state), back rigidity, bulging fontanelle (in infants), photophobia, opisthotonus
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[…] stiffness 0006921 Depressivity Depression 0000716 Fever 0001945 Frequent falls 0002359 Hyperreflexia Increased reflexes 0001347 Hypertension 0000822 Myoclonic spasms 0003739 Opisthotonus
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Seizures, abnormal movements or behavior due to unusual electrical activity in the brain, are a symptom of epilepsy. But not all people who appear to have seizures have epilepsy, a group of related disorders characterized by a tendency for recurrent seizures. Non-epileptic seizures (called pseudoseizures) are not[…]
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Topic Overview Uremic syndrome (uremia) is a serious complication of chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury (which used to be known as acute renal failure). It occurs when urea and other waste products build up in the body because the kidneys are unable to eliminate them. These substances can become[…]
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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome is an encephalopathy that can be clinically characterized by headache, altered mental status and/or seizures. Neuroimaging demonstrates usually reversible bilateral subcortical vasogenic occipital-parietal edema. Exact pathophysiology remains unclear but is commonly[…]
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Cerebral edema (CE) is accumulation of water in the intracellular or extracellular spaces of the brain. Vasogenic edema occurs when there is breakdown of the tight endothelial junctions of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), leading to extravasation of intravascular protein and fluid into the interstitial space of the[…]
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On the torso, distortion of the spine, opisthotonus, as well as a tortipelvic crisis, which involves rigidity of the pelvic and abdominal musculature, can occur.
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Back muscles can also be involved giving rise to opisthotonus, axial rotation and gait disturbance.
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[…] acute dystonia Oculogyric crisis Spasm of the extraorbital muscles, causing upwards and outwards deviation of the eyes Blephorospasm Torticollis Head held turned to one side Opisthotonus
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Browse 500 sets of brain stem herniation flashcards brain herniation uncal hernia central tentorial herniation... aka bilate[…] subfalcine herniation - ipsilateral down and out gaze... - ipsilateral fixed and dil[…] - bilateral pinpoint pupils... - bilateral Babinski's... - *bila[…] - compress ACA... --> contralateral lower extremity[…]
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Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful Carrier testing of individuals of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry or who have a family history of Tay-Sachs disease Determining Tay-Sachs disease carrier status for individuals with enzyme activity within the carrier or equivocal ranges[…]
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Affected infants show a tendency to startle, with contractions of the facial muscles in response to tactile stimuli or during crying, trismus, abundant salivation, and opisthotonus
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Progressive encephalopathy with lethargy, intermittent apnea, stereotyped movements (described as "fencing" and bicycling") and opisthotonus occur in the first few days of
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[…] life with poor feeding and drowsiness followed by a worsening encephalopathy with lethargy, intermittent apnea, stereotypic movements (“”fencing”” and ”bicycling””) and opisthotonus
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R184C ( c.550C>T ) 13 F 4 months 11 months Regression, mild axial hypotonia, hypertonia of the extremities, opisthotonus, ↑ CSF protein, abnormal MRI – 0.0 380 p.I250T (c.749T
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[…] megalencephaly, psychomotor retardation, loss of vision, abnormal MRI – 0.03 75 p.I250T (c.749T>C)/p.I250T (c.749T>C) 9 F 4.5 months 6.5 months Irritability, hypertonia, opisthotonus
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Gastrointestinal signs were succeeded by debilitation, twitching and trembling, and rarely opisthotonus was reported in animals after ingestion of Philodendron, and there
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With severe poisoning, coma and epileptiform seizure activity, or spastic and tonic movements, including opisthotonus without electroencephalographic seizure activity, may
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[…] of life with poor feeding and drowsiness followed by a worsening encephalopathy with lethargy, intermittent apnea, stereotypic movements ("fencing" and ''bicycling") and opisthotonus
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Progressive encephalopathy with lethargy, intermittent apnea, stereotyped movements (described as "fencing" and bicycling") and opisthotonus occur in the first few days of
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The symptomes of MSUD are mental and physical retardation, feeding problems, vomiting, dehydration, lethargy, hypotonia, seizures, hypoglycaemia, ketoacidosis, opisthotonus
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Clinical manifestations of types I-III include TORTICOLLIS; opisthotonus; HEADACHE; VERTIGO; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; APNEA; NYSTAGMUS, CONGENITAL; swallowing difficulties; and
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Clinical manifestations of types I-III include TORTICOLLIS ; opisthotonus; HEADACHE ; VERTIGO ; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS ; APNEA ; NYSTAGMUS, CONGENITAL ; swallowing difficulties
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Clinical manifestations of types I-III include TORTICOLLIS; opisthotonus; HEADACHE; VERTIGO; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; APNEA; NYSTAGMUS, CONGENITAL; swallowing difficulties; and
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Clinical manifestations of types I-III include TORTICOLLIS ; opisthotonus; HEADACHE ; VERTIGO ; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS ; APNEA ; NYSTAGMUS, CONGENITAL ; swallowing difficulties
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[…] of life with poor feeding and drowsiness followed by a worsening encephalopathy with lethargy, intermittent apnea, stereotypic movements ("fencing" and ''bicycling") and opisthotonus
[orpha.net]
Progressive encephalopathy with lethargy, intermittent apnea, stereotyped movements (described as "fencing" and bicycling") and opisthotonus occur in the first few days of
[orpha.net]
[…] absence of certain reflexes (Moro reflex); mild to severe muscle spasms, including spasms in which the head and heels are bent or arched backward and the body bows forward (opisthotonus
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The deficiency caused intellectual disability, seizures, opisthotonus, and lens dislocation.
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[…] of life with poor feeding and drowsiness followed by a worsening encephalopathy with lethargy, intermittent apnea, stereotypic movements ("fencing" and ''bicycling") and opisthotonus
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