[Cerebro-organic syndrome during gold therapy. Possible correlation between gold therapy in chronic seronegative polyarthritis and the appearance of a cerebro-organic syndrome. A case contribution].
In this article the possible relationship between gold therapy of a chronic seronegative polyarthritis and the appearance of a cerebro-organic syndrome in a 56-year-old postmenopausal woman will be discussed. We take into consideration the basic illness, the biography, the hormonal situation, the simultaneous chloroquin therapy and the overdosage of the gold drug. After a careful consideration of the different diagnostical possibilities following the above mentioned factors, not only a temporal but also a causative relationship of gold therapy and cerebro-organic syndrome seems to be possible.
D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006046:Gold / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced*
D006046:Gold
Hirnorganisches Syndrom bei Gold-Therapie. Möglicher Zusammenhang zwischen Gold-Therapie einer chronischen seronegativen Polyarthritis und dem Auftreten eines hirnorganischen Syndroms--Ein kasuistischer Beitrag.