Stiff person syndrome in a Nepalese man with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and ketonuria: A rare case report-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Stiff person syndrome in a Nepalese man with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and ketonuria: A rare case report

Published:2023-02 Issue:2 Volume:11 Page:
ISSN:2050-0904
Container-title:Clinical Case Reports
language:en
Short-container-title:Clinical Case Reports

Author:

Kharel Sanjeev¹^ORCID,Ojha Rajeev²^ORCID,Bhandari Siddhartha¹^ORCID,Sharma Amit¹,Parajuli Naresh³,Karn Ragesh²,Gajurel Bikram Prasad²,Rajbhandari Reema²,Gautam Niraj²^ORCID,Shrestha Ashish²

Affiliation:

1. Maharajgunj Medical Campus Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine Kathmandu Nepal

2. Department of Neurology Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital Kathmandu Nepal

3. Department of Endocrinology Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital Kathmandu Nepal

Abstract

AbstractStiff Person Syndrome (SPS), a progressive Central Nervous System disorder is accompanied by progressive muscle rigidity, hyperreflexia, and spasms mainly in truncal and proximal leg muscles mainly associated with autoimmune disorders. Here, we report a rare case of SPS in a middle‐aged Nepalese man with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and ketonuria.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ccr3.6936

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