Poliomyelitis-like illness after acute asthma

Recurrent Hopkin's syndrome: A case report and review of the literature

“…HS is a rare disease involving anterior horn cells following an acute asthma attack, most often in children that have atopic asthma [1][2][3][4][5][6]. In general, this disease occurs from several days to a few weeks after an acute attack of asthma, manifesting as the acute onset of flaccid paralysis of one or both limbs, and progressing in most cases to severe muscle atrophy of the affected limb [3][4][5].…”

“…In general, this disease occurs from several days to a few weeks after an acute attack of asthma, manifesting as the acute onset of flaccid paralysis of one or both limbs, and progressing in most cases to severe muscle atrophy of the affected limb [3][4][5]. In such episodes, there is a poor response to corticosteroids and usually there are no recurrences [6].…”

“…Our patient fits well into this category (HS or AM). Horiuchi et al [15] described a 22-year-old woman who showed an additional episode of myelitis after another asthma attack, although no relapse has ever been reported in cases of HS [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] ( Table 1). This is the first report describing the occurrence of recurrent asthmatic flaccid paralysis in childhood.…”

“…Hopkins syndrome (HS; asthmatic amyotrophy) is a rare disease involving the anterior horn cells following an acute asthma attack [1][2][3][4]. This condition usually affects children with atopic asthma.…”

Poliomyelitis-Type Illness Associated with Severe Asthma in a Child

“…He described 10 cases aged between two and eight years who developed lower motorneurone type paralysis, in one or more limbs, 4-6 days after a severe attack of asthma. Since then, 8 further cases have been described, 3 from Britain (Danta 1975, lIett et al 1977, one from the USA (Shapiro et al 1979), one from Sweden (Blomquist & Bjorksten 1980) and 3 more from Australia (Manson & Thong 1980). All were left with some residual permanent weakness.…”