Showing papers on "Myelitis published in 1972"

Ascending Myelitis in Association with Herpes-Simplex Virus

Abstract: TWO distinct neurologic syndromes have been recognized in adults in association with infection with herpes-simplex virus (HSV).1 , 2 Herpetic encephalitis is a severe and often fatal infection, and herpetic meningitis is often clinically indistinguishable from other aseptic meningitides caused by various viruses. Detailed reports of progressive dysfunction of the spinal cord in association with herpetic infection, and without encephalitis, have not yet been published, although, in a recent communication, Craig and Nahmias mentioned a case of ascending myelitis and isolation of HSV Type 2 from vulvar lesions. Virologic cultures of the cerebrospinal fluid were negative.3 Case Report A 45-year-old woman was . . .

Polyneuritis and herpes zoster.

Abstract: Widespread neurological disorders following herpes zoster are exceptional. They include encephalitis and myelitis, and a type of polyneuropathy. The latter is particularly rare as only 16 cases have been described since the first account by Wohlwill in 1924. We present two clinical cases of polyneuropathy following herpes zoster with neuropathological studies on one of them, and discuss its possible aetiology and pathogenesis in the light of previous reports and recent experimental studies.

Spinal cord involvement with Schistosoma mansoni: Case report

Abstract: ✓ A case of Schistosoma mansoni involving the spinal cord is reported and the pertinent literature reviewed. The epidemiology, pathology, clinical signs and symptoms, and laboratory data that frequently occur in this disease are presented. Low back or leg pain associated with sphincter disturbance and eosinophilia in a patient from an endemic area should alert the physician to the diagnosis. Early institution of specific therapy and decompressive surgery are the major determinants for a favorable prognosis in this potentially curable neurological disease.

Myeloneuropathy with abdominal disorders in Japan. Neuropathologic findings in seven autopsied cases.

Abstract: In a previous report' the main clinical features of a myeloneuropathy with abdominal disorders in Japan were studied. This disease has been generally referred to as SMON, or subacute myelo-optico-neuropathy. From an analysis of the numerous cases it was pointed out that this disease had many distinctive clinical features and may be a myelopathy or a peripheral neuropathy or both, t h e combination varying according to the cases.' Autopsies of over 100 cases have been done in Japan and the neuropathologic changes as well as the general pathology have been d i s c ~ s s e d . ~ ~ The main neuropathologic features are summarized in this paper, which is based on seven autopsied cases examined by the authors at the Nagoya University Hospital.