Misdiagnosis and diagnostic delay in non-paraneoplastic sensory neuronopathies
Conclusions These results suggest that diagnostic delay and misdiagnosis are frequent in non-paraneoplastic SN patients. As in other rare conditions, increased awareness in all the healthcare system levels is paramount to ensure accurate diagnosis and to improve care of these patients.RESUMO As neuronopatias sensitivas (NS) representam um grupo de doen ças caracterizadas por ataxia sensitiva e déficits sensitivos multifocais e não-comprimento dependentes. O seu reconhecimento é fundamental para o tratamento apropriado e para a investigação de doenças associadas. O quadro clínico pouco frequente aliado à baixa pr...
Source: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria - July 29, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
The elusive diagnosis of sensory neuronopathy
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Source: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria - July 29, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Sarcoid vasculitis presenting with stroke: 3D T1 dark blood vessel wall imaging
ABSTRACT Duchenne de Boulogne is known mainly by the disease eponymously named “ Duchenne muscular dystrophy ” , or pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy, although some experts consider that the original description of this disease does not belong to him. Less well known are the facts related to the tragic death of his beloved wife shortly after the birth of his only child, the unjustifiable distance he was forced to keep from this son for more than 30 years, and of being humiliated and professionally despised by his peers. These events made the life of this physician, physiologist, researcher and inventor extremely ar...
Source: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria - July 16, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Painful tic convulsive as manifestation of vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia
ABSTRACT Duchenne de Boulogne is known mainly by the disease eponymously named “ Duchenne muscular dystrophy ” , or pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy, although some experts consider that the original description of this disease does not belong to him. Less well known are the facts related to the tragic death of his beloved wife shortly after the birth of his only child, the unjustifiable distance he was forced to keep from this son for more than 30 years, and of being humiliated and professionally despised by his peers. These events made the life of this physician, physiologist, researcher and inventor extremely ar...
Source: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria - July 16, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne: a miserable life dedicated to science
ABSTRACT Duchenne de Boulogne is known mainly by the disease eponymously named “ Duchenne muscular dystrophy ” , or pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy, although some experts consider that the original description of this disease does not belong to him. Less well known are the facts related to the tragic death of his beloved wife shortly after the birth of his only child, the unjustifiable distance he was forced to keep from this son for more than 30 years, and of being humiliated and professionally despised by his peers. These events made the life of this physician, physiologist, researcher and inventor extremely ar...
Source: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria - July 16, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
