dyspnea/atrophy

RESULTS This case involves a 56-year-old man with a 3-year case history, starting with vertigo, cerebellar symptoms, followed by inspiratory stridor, especially during the night, and autonomic failure with recurrent syncopes. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the diagnosis of olivopontocerebellar

We report two cases of successful pregnancy in women with chronic, infantile onset, or type II spinal muscular atrophy, both of whom delivered healthy, unaffected babies. The patients required concurrent management by a physiatrist, pulmonologist, and perinatologist throughout the pregnancy.

UNASSIGNED According to recent publications, some patients with spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (BSMA) develop cardiac disease, manifesting as ST-segment abnormalities, Brugada-syndrome, dilative cardiomyopathy, or sudden cardiac death. Here we present neurological and cardiac data of a BSMA

UNASSIGNED According to recent publications, some patients with spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (BSMA) develop cardiac disease, manifesting as ST-segment abnormalities, Brugada-syndrome, dilative cardiomyopathy, or sudden cardiac death. Here we present neurological and cardiac data of a BSMA

We report the case of a 72-year-old man who had contracted acute paralytic poliomyelitis in his childhood. Thereafter, he had suffered from paresis involving the left lower limb, with no relapse or progression of the disease. He began noticing slowly progressive muscle weakness and atrophy in the

A 32-year-old female patient presented with shortness of breath. The patient had received aortic valve replacement with a 25-mm bioprosthetic valve at the age of 22, and had had two babies, postoperatively. Ten years later, echocardiography showed the calcifi ed bioprosthetic valve with a high peak

An 81-year-old woman, who had undergone mitral valve replacement (MVR) with a porcine bioprosthesis after mitral valve repair, presented with hemolysis 4 years and 6 months after MVR. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) revealed trivial mitral regurgitation, which was diagnosed based on the

OBJECTIVE Vocal fold atrophy with or without sulcus vocalis may result in a spindle-shaped glottal incompetence (SGI). Because of varying drawbacks with all existing materials (e.g., Silastic block, Teflon, fat, etc.) used for medialization or augmentation of the atrophic vocal folds, there is a

BACKGROUND Dyspnoea is the major symptomatic complaint of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Awareness of an unpleasant respiratory sensation, occurs through a complex system of ventilatory control where, as in pain perception, supra-bulbar structures play a major role. In

A 71-year-old woman presented with dysphagia and acute shortness of breath. Surgical history included a prior thoracotomy overseas for a bronchogenic mesothelial cyst 19 years before. Computed tomography demonstrated a mass within the posterior mediastinum measuring 69 × 70 × 74 mm. A median

Most patients with chronic obstructive lung disease prescribed oxygen at home by their family doctor use it for short periods when they feel breathless. Many patients are normoxic. Nineteen patients with advanced disease and variable hypoxaemia undertook exercise until they indicated severe