Diplegia
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Not to be confused with Spastic diplegia.
Diplegia, when used singularly, refers to paralysis affecting one part of the body and the corresponding part on the other side of the body — usually both legs. It should not be confused with paraplegia, which is a form of paralysis affecting the entire body.
Spastic diplegia is a condition of neuromuscular hypertonia primarily in the muscles of the legs, hips, and pelvis, and is a form of cerebral palsy.
Paraplegia is weakness of both legs. Quadriplegia is weakness of all four limbs (quadri means four). (1)
For example, facial diplegia occurs in 50% of patients with Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
(1) Clinical Neurology - Michael J Aminoff. 6th ed. Lange 2005.
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