title: Hopkins syndrome and phantom hernia: a rare association.
abstract: Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), other than paralytic poliomyelitis, are usually due to demyelination like Guillian Barre syndrome (GBS), transverse myelitis and traumatic neuritis. Poliomyelitis like illness, Hopkins syndrome or Post Asthmatic Amotrophy, associated with bronchial asthma and hyperIgEemia has been reported in literature. We present a two and a half year old child who developed AFP with phantom hernia following an episode of bronchial asthma.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, SAT Hospital, Government Medical College Trivandrum, Kerala, India. elizake@hotmail.com
authors: K E
authors: KE
authors: Elizabeth
authors: C S
authors: CS
authors: Guruprasad
authors: T G
authors: TG
authors: Sindhu
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006547:Hernia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D013577:Syndrome