[Neurological manifestations of Gougerot and Sjögren disease: a Black African case]. / Les manifestations neurologiques du syndrome de Gougerot et Sjögren: à propos d'un cas en Afrique noire.
Bull Soc Pathol Exot
; 108(4): 242-6, 2015 Oct.
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in Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26168850
ABSTRACT
Primitive Gougerot-Sjögren syndrome (PGSS) is a systemic autoimmune exocrinopathy in which twenty percent of affected patients develop neurological manifestations. It has been little described in the Black African literature. We report a case of PGSS in a 64-year-old Black woman as revealed by neurological manifestations in an inflammatory context. Central neuropathy was present and the patient fulfilled at least four of the six Vitali American-European diagnostic criteria. There were abnormal aspects on the sylvian artery and hyperintense lesions of periventricular predominance. PGSS is a serious disease which we must consider when we encounter any unexplained neurological manifestations especially those associated with vasculitic lesions.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Brain Diseases
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Sjogren's Syndrome
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
Fr
Journal:
Bull Soc Pathol Exot
Year:
2015
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Article
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