Primary lateral sclerosis: a distinct clinical entity in patients with chronic spastic paraparesis
Reyes-Iglesias, Y.; Meléndez-Feliciano, R.; Garayalde-Cotroneo, G.; Noriega-Sánchez, A.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 82(8): 340-342
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 PMID: 2261024 Document Number: 700029
The article reports on 4 Puerto Rican patients aged 32-63 years with the slow onset of spastic paraparesis without sensory deficits. Cranial nerves were unaffected. Full evaluation included myelogram-CT scans, and brain and cervical cord magnetic resonance imaging. A firm clinical diagnosis of primary lateral sclerosis was made. Three other spastic paraparetic patients, 2 with HTLV-I infection, and 1 with multiple sclerosis were included for diagnostic comparison. A protocol for investigating patients with chronic spastic paraplegia is provided.E.M. Scrimgeour.
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