[So-called sporadic ulcero-mutilating acropathy: neuropsychological study of 10 cases. II].
Ten patients complaining of Sporadic Ulcerating and Mutilating Acropathy (SUMA) of Bureau and Barrière, also known as alcoholic-acrodystrophic neuropathy, were given the Wechsler-Bellevue's intelligence test (form I) and the Rey's memory test for standard psychometric evaluation. Pathologic mental deterioration of an organic type was found in a very large number of cases: 7 out of 10. The psychical picture that has been recognised is of three kinds: I) homogeneous mental deterioration of verbal and performance skills without any important memory feebleness (4 cases); II) partial mental deterioration shown by memory impairment as a single defect (1 case); III) total deterioration: kind I and II together (2 cases). The SUMA organic brain syndrome has not distinctive features as regards to common chronic alcoholism, but one can believe that it reveals itself with a higher frequency. This is likely to be in connection with a high individual susceptibility to the noxious effect of alcohol (wine) intake. Cerebral and peripheral neuronal damage seems to be established with the same developing modality during the time.
D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008875:Middle Aged; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000523:psychology*; D013577:Syndrome; D014888:Wechsler Scales
L'acropatia ulcero-mutilante detta sporadica: studio neuropsicologico su 10 casi. Parte II.