[Primary acute and subacute meningomyeloradiculopathies: study of the cerebrospinal fluid].
Forty four patients with primary acute and subacute meningomyeloradiculopathies were studied in respect to the evolutive aspects of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cell-protein dual in several periods of the disease. The tendency of CSF hypercytosis to normal values of cell count occurred in most cases (96%) at the end of the period in which the study was performed (60 days). The CSF protein levels had a similar but slower behavior pattern when compared with hypercytosis. The comparative analysis of clinical improvement of two groups of patients (treated and not treated with ACTH or corticosteroids) showed a statistically significant difference between on the two groups favouring the former. This fact enhances the possibility that an auto-immune process plays an important role in cases of primary meningomyeloradiculopathies.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009187:Myelitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*
D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins
Meningomielorradiculopatias agudas e sub-agudas primárias: estudo do líquido cefalorraqueano.