POLIOMYELITIS-LIKE SYNDROME FOLLOWING ASTHMATIC ATTACK (HOPKINS-SYNDROME)-RECOVERY ASSOCIATED WITH IV GAMMA-GLOBULIN TREATMENT

A report on a 15-year-old male,vith a diagnosis of poliomyelitis-like syndrome (Hopkins' syndrome) following an asthmatic attack is presente d. The prognosis of Hopkins' syndrome is usually poor and the patients remain with permanent paralysis of the affected limb. The outcome cor relates with severity of the initial injury to the anterior horn cell as reflected by abnormal electrophysiologic studies. This is the first case report of treatment with i. v. gamma globulin in Hopkins' syndro me which resulted in a nearly complete recovery.