Neurologic symptoms in a previously healthy man spurred a battery of tests to determine
the cause. The 51-year-old patient lived alone and was transferred to our intensive
care unit from another facility. Emergency medical services personnel first brought
him to his local emergency department, where he stated that he had not been feeling
well the day before. Then, over a 24-hour period, his level of consciousness decreased,
and he developed tetraparesis.
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Published online: March 20, 2018
Robert G. Stern, MD, Section EditorFootnotes
Funding: None.
Conflict of Interest: None.
Authorship: Both authors had access to the data and played a role in writing this manuscript.
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