title: [Hiramaya disease: disease or syndrome?].
abstract: Hirayama's disease, a benign juvenile amyotrophy of "oblique" topography of an upper limb, has been acknowledged in the international literature. 4 cases are reported in this paper. However there present some differences: presence of antigangliosides antibodies in 1 case, cryoglobulinemia in another case developing bilaterally, conduction blocks in a third case. Finally, in the patient illustrating the typical form, the neuroradiological abnormalities considered as characteristic of cervical spine compression by Hirayama are lacking.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, Hôpital St Joseph, Marseille.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Billé-Turc
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Billé
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Azulay
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Padovani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Serratrice
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009134:Muscular Atrophy, Spinal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013577:Syndrome; D009626:Terminology as Topic
vernacular_title: La maladie d'Hirayama, maladie ou syndrome?