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...
Main Author: | Chawla LaToya Mason |
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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 |
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