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Arq. neuropsiquiatr ; 75(8): 600-603, Aug. 2017. graf
Article in English | LILACS | ID: biblio-888316

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ABSTRACT A hundred years ago, Guillain, Barré and Strohl described a syndrome with a predominant motor acute or subacute polyneuritis, albumin-cytologic dissociation in the cerebrospinal fluid, and a benign course. Before them, many other authors, such as Landry, Duménil, Osler, and Grainger Stewart had described similar cases although they had not performed lumbar punctures. In this work, we outline certain features of the beginning of this famous syndrome.


RESUMO Há 100 anos três médicos franceses, Guillain, Barré e Strohl descreveram um tipo de polineuropatia aguda ou subaguda de predomínio motor com dissociação albumino-citológica no líquido cefalorraquiano e de evolução benigna. Antes destes, outros autores, como Landry, Duménil, Chomel, Osler e Grainger Stewart, estudaram casos similares, porém não realizaram punção lombar. Neste trabalho procuramos sintetizar alguns fatos importantes no início da descrição desta síndrome.


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Humans , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Guillain-Barre Syndrome/history , Physiology/history , Brazil , Canada , France , Neurology/history
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Arq. neuropsiquiatr ; 70(4): 246-251, Apr. 2012. ilus, tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-622586

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between clinical data, white matter lesions and inflammatory cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings in HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). METHOD: We studied brain and cervical spinal cord on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and CSF examinations of 28 Brazilian HAM/TSP patients. RESULTS: The majority of patients had severe neurological incapacity with EDSS median of 6.5 (3-8). The brain MRI showed white matter lesions (75%) and atrophy (14%). The preferential brain location was periventricular. Cervical demyelination lesions occurred in 11% of the cases, and cervical atrophy in 3.5%. One patient had enhancement lesions on T1 cervical spinal cord MRI. Cases with spinal cord lesions had signs of acute CSF inflammation. The brain white matter lesions predominated in the patients with higher age. CONCLUSION: Our data suggest that an active inflammatory process is associated with the cervical spinal cord lesions in HAM/TSP. The brain abnormalities are not related to the clinical picture of HAM/TSP.


OBJETIVO: Analisar a associação entre aspectos clínicos, lesões de substância branca e reação inflamatória aguda no líquido cefalorraquidiano (LCR) na mielopatia associa ao HTLV-1 (HAM/TSP). MÉTODO: Foram estudadas ressonâncias magnéticas (RM) do encéfalo/medula espinhal cervical e exame do LCR de 28 pacientes com HAM/TSP. RESULTADOS: A maioria dos pacientes apresentava grave incapacidade neurológica, com EDSS 6,5 (3-8). A RM revelou lesões da substância branca (75%) com predominância periventricular e atrofia cortical (14%). Lesões desmielinizantes cervicais ocorreram em 11% dos casos e atrofia em 3,5%. Um paciente apresentou lesão cervical na T1 com captação de contraste. Sinais de inflamação aguda no LCR ocorreram em situações de lesão da medula espinhal cervical. As alterações de substância branca do encéfalo predominaram nos indivíduos com maior faixa etária. CONCLUSÃO: Nossos achados sugerem que processo inflamatório com atividade clínica na HAM/TSP está associado a lesões da medula espinhal cervical. As anormalidades da substância branca encefálicas não são relacionadas ao quadro clínico de HAM/TSP.


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Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Brain/pathology , Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic/cerebrospinal fluid , Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic/pathology , Atrophy/cerebrospinal fluid , Atrophy/pathology , Brain/virology , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Prospective Studies , Spinal Cord/pathology , Spinal Cord/virology
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