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Progressive gait disturbance with head drop
  1. Graeme Mackenzie1,
  2. John-Paul Leach2,
  3. Maria Elena Farrugia2,
  4. Tom Gilbertson1,
  5. Richard J Davenport3
  1. 1 Department of Neurology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK
  2. 2 Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow, UK
  3. 3 Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Graeme Mackenzie, Department of Neurology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, DD1 9SY, UK; graeme.mackenzie3{at}nhs.scot

Abstract

A 61-year-old man developed progressive head drop, gait disturbance, shortness of breath, night sweats and weight loss. Investigations led to a treatable diagnosis. This report documents the clinicopathological conference at the 43rd Edinburgh Clinical Neurology course 2022.

  • NEUROMUSCULAR
  • CLINICAL NEUROLOGY
  • NEUROGENETICS

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Footnotes

  • Contributors GM: initial draft, subsequent revisions. J-PL: CPC discussant, manuscript revisions. MEF: manuscript revisions. TG: manuscript revisions. RJD: overall conception, manuscript revisions.

  • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

  • Competing interests None declared.

  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally reviewed by Jon Walters, Swansea, UK.

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