| Autor: |
M, el Alaoui-Faris, A, Medejel, K, al Zemmouri, M, Yahyaoui, T, Chkili |
| Jazyk: |
francouzština |
| Rok vydání: |
1990 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Revue neurologique. 146(1) |
| ISSN: |
0035-3787 |
| Popis: |
We studied 5 cases of syphilitic lateral amyotrophic sclerosis. The diagnosis was based on the presence of a lymphocytic reaction in the CSF and positive VDRL and TPHA reactions in both blood and CSF. Clinically, the disease affected the arms in 3 cases and produced paraplegia in 2 cases. The gradual extension of amyotrophy over several months, the diffusion of electromyographic abnormalities and the finding of spinal cord atrophy at myelography and CT suggested a subacute ischemic mechanism with meningo-myelic arteritis involving the anterior horns. After treatment with penicillin G in high doses, the outcome was constantly favourable, with improvement of motor deficit in 4 cases and stabilisation in 1 case in a 5 to 13 years' follow-up. |
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