title: [Neurological manifestations of Gougerot and Sjögren disease: a Black African case].
abstract: Primitive Gougerot-Sjögren syndrome (PGSS) is a systemic autoimmune exocrinopathy in which twenty percent of affected patients develop neurological manifestations. It has been little described in the Black African literature. We report a case of PGSS in a 64-year-old Black woman as revealed by neurological manifestations in an inflammatory context. Central neuropathy was present and the patient fulfilled at least four of the six Vitali American-European diagnostic criteria. There were abnormal aspects on the sylvian artery and hyperintense lesions of periventricular predominance. PGSS is a serious disease which we must consider when we encounter any unexplained neurological manifestations especially those associated with vasculitic lesions.
authors.affiliation: CHU Sylvanus Olympio, 08 BP 8146, Tokoin, Lomé, Togo.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belo
authors.affiliation: CHU Sylvanus Olympio, 08 BP 8146, Tokoin, Lomé, Togo. hamzasama@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Sama
authors.affiliation: CHU Sylvanus Olympio, 08 BP 8146, Tokoin, Lomé, Togo.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagbé
authors.affiliation: CHU Sylvanus Olympio, 08 BP 8146, Tokoin, Lomé, Togo.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumako
authors.affiliation: CHU Sylvanus Olympio, 08 BP 8146, Tokoin, Lomé, Togo.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bissa
authors.affiliation: CHU Sylvanus Olympio, 08 BP 8146, Tokoin, Lomé, Togo.
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Agoda-Koussema
authors.affiliation: CHU Sylvanus Olympio, 08 BP 8146, Tokoin, Lomé, Togo.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Balo
authors.affiliation: CHU Sylvanus Olympio, 08 BP 8146, Tokoin, Lomé, Togo.
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Grunitzky
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014037:Togo
keywords: Hospital; Lomé; Neurological manifestations; Primitive Gougerot-Sjögren syndrome; Sub-Saharan Africa; Togo