title: Paraperesis: a rare complication after depressed skull fracture.
abstract: Depressed skull fracture is an inward buckling of the skull bones, often because of direct blow to a small surface area of the skull with a blunt object. Monoparesis is often among its clinical presentations, but midline depressed skull fracture presenting as motor weakness of both lower limbs (Paraperesis) has not yet been reported. We report the case of 55 year old male admitted to emergency department with alleged history of hit on head by a wooden rod. He had pain, mild swelling and a small cut over scalp without any symptoms & signs of neurological deficit. On day two of admission patient developed weakness of both lower limbs. On CT scan patient had bilateral depressed skull fracture of high parietal bone on either side of midline. Patient was managed conservatively, made remarkable recovery and was discharged after 2 weeks.
authors.affiliation: Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Ali Asmat
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Syed
authors.forename: Anjum
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arshad
authors.forename: Khatoon
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abida
authors.forename: Sardha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Minakshi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020335:Paraparesis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D020204:Skull Fracture, Depressed / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Fracture; depressed fracture; edema; paraperesis; skull