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Flashcards & Bookmarks ?Focal neurological deficits were seen in 5 (18.51%) patients, in which 3 (11.11%) patients had hemiplegia, 1 had monoplegia and the other one was quadriplastic (Table 4).
These include coma, hemiplegia, paraplegia, monoplegia , cranial nerve palsy, speech disturbance, sensory impairment, etc.
Patterns of weakness (Appendix Figure 1) included acute monoplegia (weakness or paralysis of 1 limb, n = 5); asymmetric upper (n = 1) or lower (n = 5) extremity weakness; and generalized asymmetric tetraplegia or quadriplegia (asymmetric weakness in >3 limbs, n = 16).
Differential diagnoses included meningoencephalitis with associated motor polyradiculopathy and monoplegia secondary to stroke.