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Electromyography , Leukemia, Biphenotypic, Acute/complications , Muscles/innervation , Myasthenia Gravis/physiopathology , Paraneoplastic Syndromes/physiopathology , Adult , Bone Marrow/pathology , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Leukemia, Biphenotypic, Acute/physiopathology , Motor Neurons/physiologyABSTRACT
Localised hyperhidrosis is comparatively rare among the vegetative disorders. A case of pathological gustatory and olfactory sudation is reported, with the sequence of symptoms corresponding to that of the Frey syndrome. Working from the reflex nature of the phenomen, the paper puts forward a model to account for the delayed onset of the manifestation following a peripheral lesion. It is assumed that readjustment of the reflex excitation level takes place according to a modification in peripheral afference, and that a decompensation of the central control mechanisms results in a pathological enhancement of the reflex. The hypothesis of peripheral efferentisl denervation hypersensitivity appears insufficient to account for the delay in manifestation, or even to account for the classic Frey syndrome following an affection of the parotid gland.
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Hyperhidrosis/physiopathology , Reflex/physiology , Smell/physiology , Sweating, Gustatory/physiopathology , Taste/physiology , Trigeminal Nerve/physiopathology , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Sensory Thresholds/physiologyABSTRACT
Neurocysticercosis is a very rare disease in Central Europe. This is a report about an 18 year old patient with acute meningitis and eosinophilia in cerebrospinal fluid. The findings and outcome of a short treatment with Praziquantel are discussed.
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Cerebrospinal Fluid/cytology , Cysticercosis/diagnosis , Eosinophilia/diagnosis , Meningitis/diagnosis , Acute Disease , Adolescent , Cysticercosis/drug therapy , Eosinophilia/drug therapy , Humans , Leukocyte Count , Male , Meningitis/drug therapy , Praziquantel/therapeutic useABSTRACT
The authors report on recent concept of Lyme borreliosis. The disease is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi transmitted by tick bite. As with other spirochetal illnesses, Lyme borreliosis occurs in stages. The dermatological, rheumatological, cardiological and especially neurological aspects in the course of disease are described and the principles of immunodiagnosis and treatment are explained.
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Lyme Disease/complications , Nervous System Diseases/etiology , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Lyme Disease/diagnosisABSTRACT
Apart from causing various dermatological disorders, ticks, which also widespread in our part of the world, can transmit diseases that affect the nervous system. The difficulty of carrying out differential diagnosis and the possibility of administering causal treatment in cases of meningopolyneuritis Garin-Bujadoux-Bannwarth and progressive Borrelian encephalomyelitis are giving rise to demands for an improvement in immunodiagnosis.
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Nervous System Diseases/transmission , Ticks/microbiology , Animals , Borrelia/isolation & purification , Borrelia Infections/transmission , Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne/isolation & purification , Encephalitis, Tick-Borne/transmission , Encephalomyelitis/transmission , Humans , Meningitis/transmission , Polyneuropathies/transmissionABSTRACT
The most prominent symptom of Shy-Drager-syndrome is the asympathicotonic postural hypotension. Further vegetative signs are impotence and a loss of thermoregulatoric sweat. The range of complex symptoms which have so far been described have appeared in the vast majority of cases in combination with signs of parkinsonism or with symptoms of multisystemic neurological disturbances. The course of eight years of this disease picture is reported in combination with detailed clinical and electrophysiological examinations as pointers to this rare disease.
