TY - JOUR
T1 - Mimic syndromes in sporadic cases of progressive spinal muscular atrophy
AU - Visser, J.
AU - van den Berg-Vos, R. M.
AU - Franssen, H.
AU - van den Berg, L. H.
AU - Vogels, O. J.
AU - Wokke, J. H. J.
AU - de Jong, J. M. B. V.
AU - de Visser, M.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Described are patients initially diagnosed with progressive spinal muscular atrophy (PSMA), in whom further evaluation established another diagnosis. The authors prospectively investigated incident and prevalent cases of PSMA. Seventeen of 89 patients, after initial registration, were later excluded because reassessment revealed a diagnosis other than PSMA. In 11 of the 17 patients with a revised diagnosis, a potential treatment was available: multifocal motor neuropathy (7), chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (2), inflammatory myopathy (1), and MG (1). Other misdiagnoses included myopathy, syringomyelia, ALS, idiopathic chronic axonal polyneuropathy, and idiopathic brachial plexus neuropathy. One patient with a possible herniated lumbar disk recovered spontaneously
AB - Described are patients initially diagnosed with progressive spinal muscular atrophy (PSMA), in whom further evaluation established another diagnosis. The authors prospectively investigated incident and prevalent cases of PSMA. Seventeen of 89 patients, after initial registration, were later excluded because reassessment revealed a diagnosis other than PSMA. In 11 of the 17 patients with a revised diagnosis, a potential treatment was available: multifocal motor neuropathy (7), chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (2), inflammatory myopathy (1), and MG (1). Other misdiagnoses included myopathy, syringomyelia, ALS, idiopathic chronic axonal polyneuropathy, and idiopathic brachial plexus neuropathy. One patient with a possible herniated lumbar disk recovered spontaneously
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.58.11.1593
DO - https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.58.11.1593
M3 - Review article
C2 - 12058084
SN - 0028-3878
VL - 58
SP - 1593
EP - 1596
JO - Neurology
JF - Neurology
IS - 11
ER -