Diplegia

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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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