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.
Neves
Marco Antonio Orsini
MA
Clinical Neurology - FESO (Teresópolis) and Department of Neurology (Neuromuscular Diseases Division) - UFF. orsini@predialnet.com.br
Mello
Mariana Pimentel de
MP
Santos
Viviane Vieira dos
VV
Nascimento
Osvaldo J M
OJ
Antonioli
Reny de Souza
Rde S
Freitas
Gabriel Rodrigues de
GR
Freitas
Marcos R G de
MR
D000328:Adult; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D016262:Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index