“A Neurosurgical Emergency in a Child”, by Marina Brigui, MD and Ulrika Sandvik, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery. Karolinska University Hospital. Stockholm.
A previously healthy one-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department of your hospital for rapidly progressive leg weakness over the course of a few hours. No other neurological abnormalities are present.

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* 1. What do you suspect and how do you confirm this diagnosis?

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