When a patient falls (asleep) and can’t get up: conversion disorder – paraplegia following general anesthesia
Background and objectives: This case report describes the rare occurrence of paraplegia caused by conversion disorder in a woman who received general anesthesia for breast surgery. Case report: A 46-year-old healthy woman received general anesthesia for excision of a left breast fibroepithelial lesi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001415000391 |