Pareseia a predominio proximal

English translation: Proximal muscle weakness

14:18 Feb 11, 2015
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / neurology
Spanish term or phrase: Pareseia a predominio proximal
From a case report on a 92-year old patient after a stroke:

Paresia severa 2/5 braquial Izquierda a predominio proximal en mejoría con respecto al previo. Paresia 3/5 crural izquierda a predominio proximal.

Pretty lost here, particularly proximal predominio. Severe proximal left brachial palsy (neuropathy?) grade 2/5, improved since previous exam. Left proximal femoral palsy grade 3/5?
ServingMed.com
Netherlands
Local time: 17:34
English translation:Proximal muscle weakness
Explanation:
... and with 'crural' = distal muscle weakness :)

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Note added at 33 mins (2015-02-11 14:51:40 GMT)
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Sorry 'Predominantly proximal muscle weakness'
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Claire Knell
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:34
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4 +2Proximal muscle weakness
Claire Knell
5proximal dominant paresis
Carmen Gabás
4 -1predominantly proximal paresis
Neil Ashby


  

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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Proximal muscle weakness


Explanation:
... and with 'crural' = distal muscle weakness :)

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Note added at 33 mins (2015-02-11 14:51:40 GMT)
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Sorry 'Predominantly proximal muscle weakness'

Claire Knell
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:34
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Native speaker of: English
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wendy Cummings
13 mins
  -> Thanks Wendy!

agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
6 hrs
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
proximal dominant paresis


Explanation:
The technical term used clinically, please see examples below.


    Reference: http://m.neurology.org/content/69/4/348.abstract
    https://books.google.es/books?id=dqEuDc3cCm0C&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=proximal+dominant+paresis&source=bl&ots=uDG3CWTm6l&sig=AdD9oJ33YQCFO1jBhcLF7
Carmen Gabás
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 24
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
predominantly proximal paresis


Explanation:
Left to predominantly proximal, improving with respect to previous examination

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Note added at 9 mins (2015-02-11 14:27:59 GMT)
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Severe brachial palsy 2/5, left to predominantly proximal, improving with respect to previous examination. Crural palsy 3/5, left to predominantly proximal.

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Note added at 20 hrs (2015-02-12 10:20:13 GMT)
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"izquierda" and "predominio proximal" BOTH refer to the palsy.......no?

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Note added at 20 hrs (2015-02-12 10:23:10 GMT)
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Joseph, can't you see from "Severe brachial palsy 2/5, left to predominantly proximal,..." that in my interpretation 'left' is associated and refers to the palsy?

Neil Ashby
Spain
Local time: 17:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 64

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Joseph Tein: Sorry, Neil. "izquierda" is separate from "a predominio proximal" (=predominantly (mainly) proximal). "izquierda" describes "paresia" (I'm disagreeing with your whole sentence, more than with the answer you posted, which I think is close enough).
11 hrs
  -> Yes that makes sense - I shouldn't try to help more than the basic answer, should I! So if "izquierda" describes "paresia" (which is what I've written "Palsy, left to predominantly proximal - left sided palsy), what does predominantly proximal refer to???
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