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R Schoenfeldt

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Somatosensory-evoked potentials in the evaluation of the unstable rheumatoid cervical spine. A preliminary report.

Median nerve somatosensory-evoked potential (SEP) examinations were performed in 24 consecutive patients with rheumatoid arthritis who had symptomatic cervical spine instability. Eighteen patients had C1-C2 instability: in ten, the subluxation was completely reducible, and in eight, the subluxation was irreducible, with or without superior migration of the odontoid process. Four patients had superior migration alone, and two had subaxial subluxation alone. Abnormal SEPs were found in seven patients overall. However, 58% of those patients with irreducible atlanto-axial subluxation and/or superior migration of the dens demonstrated abnormal cervical cord conduction latencies. Patients with these radiographic findings may be at a higher risk for the development of overt myelopathy.

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Methyl iodide intoxication. A case report.

A 41-year-old chemist developed methyl iodide intoxication. His case is presented with a review of pertinent literature. Characteristics of the poisoning include a delay between exposure and onset of symptoms; early systemic toxicity with congestive changes in the lungs and oliguric renal failure; prominent cerebellar and Parkinsonian neurologic symptoms as well as seizures and coma in severe cases; and psychiatric disturbances that can last from months to years. Although methyl iodide is a rare form of intoxicant, its manifestations are similar to that of poisoning with the other monohalomethanes that are not uncommon.

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