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Query: UMLS:C0018991 (hemiplegia)
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This study was undertaken to characterize the food intake, current feeding situation and nutritional status of children with cerebral palsy and myelomeningocoele. Thirty children with cerebral palsy and 14 with myelomeningocoele were investigated. The children with cerebral palsy were subgrouped into those with diplegia (11 children), dystonia (10 children), hemiplegia (6 children) and ataxia (3 children). Information was obtained from medical records, current dietary recording and clinical and anthropometric examinations. Feeding problems, low energy intake and wasting were frequent among the children with cerebral palsy, particularly those with the dystonic form. Children with myelomeningocoele gave the impression of being overnourished, despite a seemingly relatively low energy intake. It is clear that nutritional and feeding aspects should receive particular attention in the habilitation of children with various disabilities.
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PMID:Feeding and nutritional problems in children with cerebral palsy and myelomeningocoele. 824 37

We report a case of a 47 year old woman who presented with a history of motor convulsions and a three month history of an increasingly painful and progressively enlarging mass on the right side of her back. Neurological examination revealed generalised wasting and a right sided hemiplegia. A biopsy of the mass was taken for microbiology which reported growing branching gram positive rods after three days of incubation. A mycological diagnosis of Nocardia asteroides was made. An MRI scan revealed extensive infiltration of the fungal mass into extending from the base of the skull to fifth cervical vertebra.
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PMID:Not everything acid-fast is Mycobacterium tuberculosis--a case of Nocardia. 1069 19