| Autor: |
Neves MA; Clinical Neurology - UNIFESO - Fundação Educacional Serra dos Orgãos (Teresópolis) and Department of Neurology (Neuromuscular Diseases Division) - UFF. orsini@predialnet.com.br, Freitas MR, Mello MP, Dumard CH, Freitas GR, Nascimento OJ |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria [Arq Neuropsiquiatr] 2007 Jun; Vol. 65 (2B), pp. 524-7. |
| DOI: |
10.1590/s0004-282x2007000300032 |
| Abstrakt: |
Monomelic amyotrophy (MA) is a rare condition in which neurogenic amyotrophy is restricted to an upper or lower limb. Usually sporadic, it usually has an insidious onset with a mean evolution of 2 to 4 years following first clinical manifestations, which is, in turned, followed by stabilization. We report a case of 20-years-old man who presented slowly progressive amyotrophy associated with proximal paresis of the right upper limb, which was followed by clinical stabilization 4 years later. Eletroneuromyography revealed denervation along with myofasciculations in various muscle groups of the right upper limb. We call attention to this rare location of MA, as well as describe some theories concerning its pathophysiology . |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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