Acute polyradiculoneuritis associated with demyelinated plaques in the central nervous system: report of a case.
A report is given of a woman who developed acute idiopathic polyradiculoneuritis and was found at necropsy 9 weeks later to have in addition multiple recent demyelinated lesions in the central nervous system (CNS), resembling those of multiple sclerosis (MS). The possibility that in such a case there might be an immunological reaction against one or more components of myelin common to the CNS and PNS has to be considered.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000473:pathology; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology