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Case
5.
A
60 year old dock worker was brought to the emergency room
unconscious after collapsing while loading a truck.
After regaining consciousness, an examination was performed
which revealed the following:
- paralysis
of both right limbs;
- hypertonicity
of both right limbs;
- increased
deep tendon reflexes on the right side;
- dysarthria
(speech disturbance);
- deviation
of the tongue to the left when protruded;
- loss
of position sense, pressure and two-point discriminative
touch on the right side of the body.
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