1.
Neurology
; 73(3): e13, 2009 Jul 21.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19620603
Subject(s)
Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome/diagnosis , Paresis/diagnosis , Acute Disease , Anterior Horn Cells/blood supply , Anterior Horn Cells/pathology , Anterior Horn Cells/physiopathology , Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome/complications , Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome/pathology , Cervical Vertebrae , Functional Laterality/physiology , Hand/innervation , Hand/physiopathology , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Middle Aged , Muscle, Skeletal/innervation , Muscle, Skeletal/physiopathology , Paresis/etiology , Paresis/pathology , Spinal Cord/blood supply , Spinal Cord/pathology , Spinal Cord/physiopathology , Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency/complications , Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency/pathology , Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency/physiopathology
2.
Neuropediatrics
; 32(6): 330-4, 2001 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11870590
ABSTRACT
We present two patients with congenital cervical spinal atrophy who were born at 37 and 33 weeks of gestation. Both patients were unrelated and had no family history of neuromuscular diseases. They presented at birth with arthrogryposis multiplex and symmetrical severe muscle weakness and wasting confined to the upper extremities. There was no sensory or bulbar symptom. Electromyography showed polyphasic and fast-firing units in the proximal muscles of the upper extremities. With the evidence of chronic denervation and re-innervation, we speculate that this static condition is most likely due to circulatory insufficiency causing anterior horn cell ischemia during the latter part of the first trimester.
Subject(s)
Anterior Horn Cells/blood supply , Arthrogryposis/diagnosis , Infant, Premature, Diseases/diagnosis , Muscle Weakness/congenital , Spinal Cord Ischemia/congenital , Spinal Cord/pathology , Atrophy , Child, Preschool , Electromyography , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Muscle Hypotonia/congenital , Muscle Hypotonia/diagnosis , Muscle Weakness/diagnosis , Neurologic Examination , Spinal Cord Ischemia/diagnosis
3.
Ann Med Interne (Paris)
; 125(2): 191-4, 1974 Feb.
Article
in French
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-4605538