Case Presentation: We report a 22 year-old male with no past medical history presented to the emergency department with acute onset of weakness, most pronounced in the lower extremities. The patient was last reported to be in his normal state of health the night prior to presentation in which he consumed approximately six beers. Upon [...]

Case Presentation: A 30 year-old Hispanic male with no past medical history was brought to ER status post fall after sudden onset of muscle weakness in extremities. He experienced mild intermittent muscles cramps and soreness while he was driving a car prior to the onset of the weakness. He had history of similar but lower [...]

Case Presentation: A 29-year-old Asian male with a one-year history of recurrent generalized muscle weakness presented to the emergency department with whole body paralysis. The patient’s symptoms began abruptly that morning, when he was unable to stand and exit a train due to lower extremity weakness, which generalized over the course of one hour. He [...]

Case Presentation: A 19-year-old Caucasian man, with no past medical history presented to ER with acute onset generalized muscle weakness, more pronounced in both legs, which started upon awakening in the morning. He reported 40 lbs weight loss over 2 months in spite of increased appetite. Patient denied palpitations, heat intolerance, dysphagia or change in [...]

Case Presentation: A 39-year-old Hispanic male presented to his primary care physician with progressive fatigue, leg weakness, and occasional falls. His past medical history was unremarkable. A clinical diagnosis of disk herniation was made and treated conservatively.  Two weeks later, he presented to our emergency department (ED) with upper and lower extremity weakness, unable to [...]

Case Presentation: A twenty-year-old male patient with no past medical history presented to the emergency department with bilateral lower extremity weakness after working in agricultural fields which had progressed over three hours to near paralysis. When the patient was first evaluated, an ECG revealed his heart rhythm to be in asymptomatic ventricular tachycardia. He exhibited [...]