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Case Report

Rapidly Worsening Bulbar Symptoms in a Patient with Spinobulbar Muscular Atrophy

by
Montserrat Diaz-Abad
1,* and
Neil C. Porter
2
1
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
2
Department of Neurology, Division of Neuromuscular Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Neurol. Int. 2013, 5(4), e21; https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2013.e21
Submission received: 18 June 2013 / Revised: 3 July 2013 / Accepted: 10 July 2013 / Published: 4 December 2013

Abstract

X-linked spinobulbar muscular atrophy (Kennedy’s disease) affects muscles and motor neurons, manifesting as weakness and wasting of bulbar, facial, and proximal limb muscles due to loss of anterior horn cells in the brain and spinal cord. We present the case of a patient with X-linked spinobulbar muscular atrophy with rapidly worsening bulbar symptoms caused by laryngopharyngeal irritation associated with a viral upper respiratory tract infection, seasonal allergies and laryngopharyngeal reflux, who dramatically improved with multimodality therapy.
Keywords: X-linked spinobulbar muscular atrophy; laryngopharyngeal reflux; allergy; laryngospasm; globus X-linked spinobulbar muscular atrophy; laryngopharyngeal reflux; allergy; laryngospasm; globus

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Diaz-Abad, M.; Porter, N.C. Rapidly Worsening Bulbar Symptoms in a Patient with Spinobulbar Muscular Atrophy. Neurol. Int. 2013, 5, e21. https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2013.e21

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Diaz-Abad M, Porter NC. Rapidly Worsening Bulbar Symptoms in a Patient with Spinobulbar Muscular Atrophy. Neurology International. 2013; 5(4):e21. https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2013.e21

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Diaz-Abad, Montserrat, and Neil C. Porter. 2013. "Rapidly Worsening Bulbar Symptoms in a Patient with Spinobulbar Muscular Atrophy" Neurology International 5, no. 4: e21. https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2013.e21

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