Lhermitte's sign and vitamin B12 deficiency: case report

Lhermitte's sign, a classical neurological sign, is a rare manifestation of vitamin B12 deficiency. The aim here was to report on a case of an elderly patient with vitamin B12 deficiency whose first clinical manifestation was the presence of Lhermitte's sign. We describe an elderly patient...

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Veröffentlicht in:São Paulo medical journal 2009, Vol.127 (3), p.171-173
Hauptverfasser: Teive, Hélio Afonso Ghizoni, Haratz, Salo, Zavala, Jorge, Munhoz, Renato Puppi, Scola, Rosana Hermínia, Werneck, Lineu César
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Zusammenfassung:Lhermitte's sign, a classical neurological sign, is a rare manifestation of vitamin B12 deficiency. The aim here was to report on a case of an elderly patient with vitamin B12 deficiency whose first clinical manifestation was the presence of Lhermitte's sign. We describe an elderly patient with vitamin B12 deficiency who presented cognitive dysfunction, peripheral polyneuropathy and sensory ataxia, and whose first clinical manifestation was the presence of Lhermitte's sign. This sign is one of the rarest manifestations of vitamin B12 deficiency.
ISSN:1516-3180
1806-9460
1806-9460
1516-3180
DOI:10.1590/S1516-31802009000300011