Post-poliomyelitis syndrome: case report.
The post-polio syndrome (PPS) is an entity characterized for an episode of muscular weakness and/or abnormal muscular fatigue in individuals that had presented acute polio years before. We report the case of PPS in a patient, 40 years, that thirty-five years after had had paralytic poliomyelitis, developed new symptoms of fatigue, muscular atrophy, dyspnea, difficulties in deambulation and muscular and joint pain. The electromyographic findings revealed injuried neurons of the anterior horn of the marrow and reinnervation after muscular tests.
Clinical Neurology - FESO (Teresópolis) and Department of Neurology (Neuromuscular Diseases Division) - UFF. orsini@predialnet.com.br
Marco Antonio Orsini
MA
Neves
Mariana Pimentel de
MP
Mello
Viviane Vieira dos
VV
Santos
Osvaldo J M
OJ
Nascimento
Reny de Souza
Rde S
Antonioli
Gabriel Rodrigues de
GR
Freitas
Marcos R G de
MR
Freitas
D000328:Adult; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D016262:Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index