Electromyographic diagnosis of leprosy
Eighty untreated patients suspected to have leprosy were submitted to neurophysiological examination and later compared with the clinical diagnosis. Among the patients who had leprosy confirmed, 98% had EMG abnormalities. Motor and sensory amplitude reduction was the earliest and the most frequent a...
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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
1990-12-01
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| author | Carlos R. DeFaria Ilma M. Silva |
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| description | Eighty untreated patients suspected to have leprosy were submitted to neurophysiological examination and later compared with the clinical diagnosis. Among the patients who had leprosy confirmed, 98% had EMG abnormalities. Motor and sensory amplitude reduction was the earliest and the most frequent abnormality. Low conduction velocity of the ulnar nerve across the elbow was present in over 55% ot the patients. A «mosaic» peripheral polyneuropathy was the most characteristic finding, and seems to be helpful to the diagnosis of leprosy. All of the clinical forms showed BMG abnormalities, and even some asymptomatic contacts, however the abnormalities increase from ;he indetermined and tuberculous to the borderline and Virchow's forms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a29ca2172fe840a2ac060e8dc8686c922022-12-22T03:52:54ZengAcademia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42271990-12-0148440341310.1590/S0004-282X1990000400002S0004-282X1990000400002Electromyographic diagnosis of leprosyCarlos R. DeFariaIlma M. SilvaEighty untreated patients suspected to have leprosy were submitted to neurophysiological examination and later compared with the clinical diagnosis. Among the patients who had leprosy confirmed, 98% had EMG abnormalities. Motor and sensory amplitude reduction was the earliest and the most frequent abnormality. Low conduction velocity of the ulnar nerve across the elbow was present in over 55% ot the patients. A «mosaic» peripheral polyneuropathy was the most characteristic finding, and seems to be helpful to the diagnosis of leprosy. All of the clinical forms showed BMG abnormalities, and even some asymptomatic contacts, however the abnormalities increase from ;he indetermined and tuberculous to the borderline and Virchow's forms.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1990000400002&lng=en&tlng=en |
| spellingShingle | Carlos R. DeFaria Ilma M. Silva Electromyographic diagnosis of leprosy Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
| title | Electromyographic diagnosis of leprosy |
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| title_short | Electromyographic diagnosis of leprosy |
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