A 50-year-old woman with altered state of consciousness and history of consumption of homemade alcohol
Case of the Week Archive
Section Editors: Matylda Machnowska1 and Anvita Pauranik2
1University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
December 30, 2013
December 16, 2013
A 48-year-old man with history of hepatitis C and intravenous drug use presenting with acute onset upper and lower extremity weakness (left greater than right) and left-sided paresthesias after accidental ingestion of ¼ cup of 12% hydrogen peroxide
November 18, 2013
A 64-year-old man with involuntary movements in the right upper and lower extremities
November 11, 2013
A 70-year-old woman with dizziness and abnormal sensation left side of the face
October 14, 2013
A 22-year-old man, currently receiving high-dose methotrexate for osteogenic sarcoma, with acute left upper extremity weakness 6 days after induction of treatment