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Baló's concentric sclerosis presenting as a stroke-like syndrome.

Mowry EM, Woo JH, Ances BM

Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

BACKGROUND: A 37-year-old woman without important previous medical history presented to an emergency room with acute onset of left-sided weakness and numbness. Examination revealed left-sided hemiparesis (in the arm greater than in the leg) and hypoesthesia. INVESTIGATIONS: Routine laboratory testing, lumbar puncture, dynamic susceptibility contrast perfusion study, longitudinal brain MRI, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy were performed. DIAGNOSIS: Balós concentric sclerosis. MANAGEMENT: Intravenous methylprednisolone followed by oral steroid taper.

Published 5 June 2007 in Nat Clin Pract Neurol, 3(6): 349-54.
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