Probable adult polyglucosan body disease

Citation
Cm. Klein et al., Probable adult polyglucosan body disease, MAYO CLIN P, 75(12), 2000, pp. 1327-1331
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS
ISSN journal
00256196 → ACNP
Volume
75
Issue
12
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1327 - 1331
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-6196(200012)75:12<1327:PAPBD>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Adult polyglucosan body disease is a clinicopathologic entity characterized by progressive upper and lower motor neuron dysfunction, sensory loss in t he lower extremities, sphincter dysfunction, and occasionally dementia, Pat hologically, numerous large polyglucosan bodies are noted in peripheral ner ves, cerebral hemispheres, and the spinal cord, as well as in other systemi c tissues. We present a case of probable adult polyglucosan body disease ba sed on clinical history and examination, magnetic resonance images, and sur al nerve biopsy findings.