Acute sensory and autonomic neuropathy: possible association with coxsackie B virus infection
| Autor: | P Ventrua, Franco Gemignani, A Fiocchi, Adriana Marbini, D. Medici, Domenico Mancia, G M Macaluso, G. Magnani, Giovanni Pavesi |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Male Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Biopsy Sensation Coxsackievirus Infections Sural nerve medicine.disease_cause Nerve Fibers Myelinated Synaptic Transmission Virus Pathogenesis Sural Nerve medicine Humans Coxsackie B virus Neurologic Examination medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.disease Axons Enterovirus B Human Psychiatry and Mental health Peripheral neuropathy Autonomic Nervous System Diseases nervous system Nerve Degeneration Enterovirus Surgery Neurology (clinical) Viral disease Nervous System Diseases business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 55:613-615 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3050 |
| Popis: | This report describes a 26 year old woman with a Coxsackie B virus infection complicated by an acute pandysautonomic and sensory neuropathy. Electrophysiological studies suggested an axonal neuropathy. A sural nerve biopsy performed early in the disease showed axonal degeneration with a virtual absence of unmyelinated fibres and moderate loss of myelinated fibres, mainly affecting the small fibres; this differs from previous reports. An immune-mediated or direct virus action might explain the pathogenesis of this unusual evolution of a viral infection. |
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