Serial Neurologic Examination in a Child With Acute Flaccid Weakness

Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2023 Mar;62(3):180-183. doi: 10.1177/00099228221118956. Epub 2022 Aug 22.

Abstract

A 5-month-old healthy infant presented with acute flaccid weakness, anisocoria, and urinary retention with clinical suspicion of acute flaccid myelitis versus acute transverse myelitis.

MeSH terms

  • Central Nervous System Viral Diseases* / diagnosis
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Muscle Hypotonia / diagnosis
  • Muscle Hypotonia / etiology
  • Myelitis* / diagnosis
  • Neuromuscular Diseases* / diagnosis