Lhermitte's sign and vitamin B12 deficiency: case report

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive¹  Salo Haratz¹  Jorge Zavala¹  Renato Puppi Munhoz¹  Rosana Hermínia Scola¹  Lineu César Werneck¹ 

[1],Universidade Federal do Paraná Hospital das Clínicas Department of Internal MedicineCuritiba Paraná ,Brazil

关键词: Myelopathy;    Vitamin B12 deficiency;    Ataxia;    Aged;    Polyneuropathies;    Mielopatia;    Deficiência de vitamina B12;    Ataxia;    Idoso;    Polineuropatias;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-31802009000300011

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Lhermitte's sign, a classical neurological sign, is a rare manifestation of vitamin B12 deficiency. The aim here was to report on a case of an elderly patient with vitamin B12 deficiency whose first clinical manifestation was the presence of Lhermitte's sign. CASE REPORT: We describe an elderly patient with vitamin B12 deficiency who presented cognitive dysfunction, peripheral polyneuropathy and sensory ataxia, and whose first clinical manifestation was the presence of Lhermitte's sign. This sign is one of the rarest manifestations of vitamin B12 deficiency.

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