Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA.
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2011 Summer;23(3):362-4. doi: 10.1176/jnp.23.3.jnp362.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with atypical symptoms poses a diagnostic challenge to clinicians, frequently resulting in delayed diagnosis. The patient reported here presented with unexplained weight loss and was investigated for 8 months, with an extensive work-up, including several imaging studies, especially to rule out neoplastic processes, before a diagnosis of ALS could be made, largely on the basis of upper and lower motor weakness.
肌萎缩侧索硬化症(ALS)伴不典型症状给临床医生带来了诊断挑战,常导致诊断延迟。本例患者以不明原因体重减轻为首发表现,经过 8 个月的检查,包括多次影像学检查,主要排除肿瘤性疾病,最终诊断为 ALS,主要依据是上下运动神经元无力。