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Dr Pratyush Chaudhuri
Supported by Nirmal ClinicsScience comes first
Neuro Clinics 58
Hypo reflexia – Deep tendon reflexes
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Case 1
• 35years old female patient was admitted to the hospital following
• Onset of weakness in both lower limbs • Inability to walk• Unable to pass urine• Tingling paraesthesia in both lower limb since 2
hrs• Mid level back pain
• History of fever 14 days earlier lasted for 2 days
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• Hypotonic lower limb• Power 2/5in both lower limb• Hyporeflexic• Sensory level at D8 level
• Flaccid bladder
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• What is the possible etiology
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• What will be your diagnosis if the reflex was – hyper-reflexia
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Case 2
• 56 yrs old male k/c/o Diabetes mellitus• presented with Pain in the low back since
3 years• Increases while lying in supine position• Associated with radiating pain on the left
lower limb
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• SLR on the left restricted to 30 degree on the left side
• Paraspinal tenderness on the left lowerback
• Hyporeflexia in the left ankle!• Radiating lancenating pain• BP 150/100mmHg
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• What have you thought of?
• What is the next information you will ask for?
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• What would you think of if the reflexes were hyper-reflexic?
• Diagnosis:Left lumbar radiculopathy due to possible
degenerative disc disease with early motor deficit.
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Case 3
• 42 yrs old male who was diagnosed as a case of hypothyroidism 2 yrs earlier
• Presented with • Increased sleep and lathergy• Fever since 2 days• Burning micturation
• He was taking his thyroid hormone regularly.
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Physical examination• Normothermic • Tachycardia, BP 160/100mmHg• Peripheral oedema• Central obesity• Hyporeflexic all over
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• Any diagnosis in mind?
• Do you want to ask for any other clinical finding?
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• Woltmann’s sign of hypothyroidism
• Delayed relaxation phase
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Other causes of woltmann’s sign
• Advanced age • Anorexia nervosa• Diabetes Mellitus• Drugs like quinidine, IV dextrose, IN potassium.• Hypothermia• Peripheral arterial disease• Pernicious anemia • sarcoidosis
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• What would you think of if the reflex was to be brisk?
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Causes of intermittent hyporeflexia
• Normal variant in some children • Spinal cord compression • Spinal cord infarction • Disc herniation • Transverse Myelitis • Occult spina bifida (type of Spina bifida) • Neuropathy due to diabetes mellitus • Neuropathy due to giant axonal neuropathy • Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy • Tumor affecting nerves • Trisomy 21 • Edward's syndrome • Spinal muscular atrophy • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease • Hypothyroidism • Hypokalemia • Hypoparathyroidism
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Case 4
• 32yrs old female• Presented with generalised bodyache• Difficulty in getting up from the sitting
position since 3 months• Loss of confidence in walking• K/c/o hypercholesterolemia on clofibrate
and atorvastatin.• No other illness
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• Examination reveals• Normal vitals• Weakness in both lower limbs with power
in the hip jt 3/5 and knee 4/5 bilateral• Difficulty in getting up from squatting
position or standing on the toes• Hyporeflexic• No sensory deficit
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• Spot diagnosis??
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Drugs that cause myopathy
• Painless– With out neuropathy- corticosteroids– With neuropathy- colchicine , chloroquine,
hydroxychloroquin– Myasthenic syndrome- D penicillamine,antibiotics and
betablockers
• Painful– With myosistis- Zidovudine, D
Penicillamine,cemetidine– Without polymyosistis- clofibrate, statin, cyclosporin
• Eosinophilia –myalgia syndrome – L-tryptophan