Clinical problem-solving: Fever and rapidly progressive weakness in an immunocompromised patient

Asher J. Albertson; Alexander R. Dietz; John R. Younce; Arun S. Varadhachary

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Clinical problem-solving: Fever and rapidly progressive weakness in an immunocompromised patient

Asher J. Albertson, Alexander R. Dietz, John R. Younce, Arun S. Varadhachary

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Here we report the challenging case of a 41-year-old man with HIV complicated by AIDS and a history of prior neurologic injury from progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy who presented with headache, fevers, lower extremity weakness, hyperreflexic upper extremities, and diminished lower extremity reflexes. We review the clinical decision-making and differential diagnosis for this presentation as the physical examination evolved and diagnostic testing changed over time.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	194-198
Number of pages	5
Journal	Neurohospitalist
Volume	8
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1941874418754966
State	Published - Oct 2018

Keywords

HIV
Spinal cord diseases
West nile virus

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