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SYPHILITIC AMYOTROPHY

SYPHILITIC AMYOTROPHY Abstract That syphilis may be a cause of spinal muscular atrophy is probably not sufficiently realized. Yet long before the original work of Aran and Duchenne on progressive muscular atrophy, Graves1 described a case in which syphilis seemed to be the etiologic factor. In time, many other contributions2 appeared to attest the fact and to increase knowledge of syphilitic amyotrophy. Just how frequently this condition occurs has not been definitely shown. In 1902, Bramwell3 analyzed 155 cases of tabes dorsalis and found definite localized muscular atrophy in about 4 per cent. Four years before, Whiting,4 in a survey of 200 cases of tabes dorsalis at the National Hospital for the Paralyzed and Epileptic, found obvious atrophy in 8 per cent, and stated that this was the percentage given by Duchenne. Whiting's study is instructive and demonstrates that almost any voluntary muscle in the body is a possible References 1. Graves, Robert J.: Clinical Lectures on the Practice of Medicine , Dublin, Fannin & Co., 1848, vol. 1, p. 509. 2. Gowers, W. R.: Diseases of the Nervous System , ed. 2, London, J. & A. Churchill, 1892, vol. 1. 3. Raymond, F.: Sur quelques cas d'atrophie musculaire à marche progressive chez des syphilitiques. Rélations eventuelles de la syphilis avec l'évolution de la maladie. Meningo-myélite vasculaire diffuse, constatée à l'autopsie dans un cas , Bull. et mém. Soc. méd. d. hôp. de Paris 101:55, 1893. 4. Dejerine, M. J.: Étude clinique et anatomo-pathologique sur l'atrophie musculaire des ataxiques , Rev. de m éd. 9:81, 208 and 294, 1889. 5. Collins, J. A.: Case of Progressive Muscular Atrophy and Tabes, with Autopsy , J. Nerv. & Ment. Dis. 28:564 ( (Oct.) ) 1901. 6. Bramwell, B.: Analysis of 155 Cases of Tabes , Brain 25:19, 1902. 7. Whiting, A. J.: On Paralysis and Muscular Atrophy in Tabes Dorsalis, with Observations on the Relation of Afferent Impulses to Movement and Muscular Nutrition , Brain 21:494, 1898. 8. Dana, C. L.: Progressive Muscular Atrophy; a Study of the Causes and Classifications, with the Report of an Autopsy , J. Nerv. & Ment. Dis. 33:81, 1906. 9. Kino, F., and Strauss, A.: Metaluetische Muskelatrophie zur Pathogenese der Muskelatrophie bei Tabes , Deutsche Ztschr. f. Nervenh. 89:221, 1926. 10. Leopold, S.: A Case of Progressive Muscular Atrophy with Necropsy, Probably Syphilitic in Origin , J. Nerv. & Ment. Dis. 39:606, 1912. 11. Spiller, William G.: Syphilis a Possible Cause of Systemic Degeneration of the Motor Tract , J. Nerv. & Ment. Dis. 39:584, 1912. 12. Stone, Theodore, T.: Amyotrophic Syphilitic Meningomyelitis: Report of Two Cases with Argyll Robertson Pupils , J. Nerv. & Ment. Dis. 66: 595, 1927. 13. Martin, J. P.: Amyotrophic Meningo-Myelitis (Spinal Progressive Muscular Atrophy of Syphilitic Origin) , Brain 48:153, 1925. 14. Margulis, M. S.: Amyotrophische spinale Syphilis , Deutsche Ztschr. f. Nervenh. 86:1, 1925. 15. Léri, André, in discussion on Claude and Schaeffer , Rev. neurol. 27:644, 1920. 16. Kaiser, Herbert: Lues spinalis unter dem Bilde der amyotrophischen Lateralsklerose , Ztschr. f. d. ges. Neurol. u. Psychiat. 136:798, 1931. 17. Falkiewicz, Tadeusz: Zur Kenntnis der amyotrophischen Spinallues , Deutsche Ztschr. f. Nervenh. 89:232, 1921. 18. Claude, Henri, and Schaeffer, H.: L'atrophie musculaire progressive syphilitique avec sclérose combinée , Rev. neurol. 27:642, 1920. 19. Head, Henry, and Fearnsides, E. G.: The Clinical Aspects of Syphilis of the Central Nervous System, in the Light of the Wassermann Reaction and Treatment with Neosalvarsan , Brain 37:65 and 109, 1914. 20. Collins.2d 21. Remak, E.: Ueber neuritische Muskelatrophie bei Tabes dorsalis , Berl. klin. Wchnschr. 24:462, 1887. 22. Steiner, Gabriel: Beiträge zur pathologische Anatomie der peripheren Nerven bei den metasyphilitischen Erkrankungen , Arch. f. Psychiat. 49:667, 1912. 23. Holmes, Gordon: A Case of Combined Degeneration of the Cord with Amyotrophy , Rev. Neurol. & Psychiat. 11:76, 1913. 24. Wilson, S. A. K.: The Pathology of Two Cases of Tabetic Amyotrophy , Rev. Neurol. & Psychiat. 9:401, 1911. 25. Tooth, H. H., and Howell, C. M.: Progressive Myatrophy in Tabes Dorsalis , Proc. Roy. Soc. Med. (Sect. Neurol.) 52:81, 1911-1912. 26. Schaffer, C.: Sur l'origine de l'amyotrophie tabétique , Rev. neurol. 4:97, 1896. 27. Raymond, F., and Cestan, R.: Méningo-myélite marginale progressive , Encéphale 4:1, 1909. 28. Ostheimer, Alfred J.; Wilson, George, and Winkelman, N. W.: Syphilis as the Cause of Muscular Atrophy of Spinal Origin , Am. J. M. Sc. 167:835, 1924. 29. Sachs, B.: Syphilis and Tabes Dorsalis , New York M. J. 59:1, 1894. 30. Nageotte, I.: La lésion primitive du tabes , Bull. Soc. anat. de Paris 69: 808, 1894 31. Compt. rend. Soc. de biol. 52:352, 1900. 32. Hassin, G. B.: Beiträge zur Histopathologie der Tabes dorsalis , Neurol. Centralbl. 33:1138, 1914 33. J. Nerv. & Ment. Dis. 42:699, 1915 34. Tabes Dorsalis: Pathology and Pathogenesis; A Preliminary Report , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 21:311 ( (Feb.) ) 1929. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry American Medical Association

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Abstract That syphilis may be a cause of spinal muscular atrophy is probably not sufficiently realized. Yet long before the original work of Aran and Duchenne on progressive muscular atrophy, Graves1 described a case in which syphilis seemed to be the etiologic factor. In time, many other contributions2 appeared to attest the fact and to increase knowledge of syphilitic amyotrophy. Just how frequently this condition occurs has not been definitely shown. In 1902, Bramwell3 analyzed 155 cases of tabes dorsalis and found definite localized muscular atrophy in about 4 per cent. Four years before, Whiting,4 in a survey of 200 cases of tabes dorsalis at the National Hospital for the Paralyzed and Epileptic, found obvious atrophy in 8 per cent, and stated that this was the percentage given by Duchenne. Whiting's study is instructive and demonstrates that almost any voluntary muscle in the body is a possible References 1. Graves, Robert J.: Clinical Lectures on the Practice of Medicine , Dublin, Fannin & Co., 1848, vol. 1, p. 509. 2. Gowers, W. R.: Diseases of the Nervous System , ed. 2, London, J. & A. Churchill, 1892, vol. 1. 3. Raymond, F.: Sur quelques cas d'atrophie musculaire à marche progressive chez des syphilitiques. Rélations eventuelles de la syphilis avec l'évolution de la maladie. Meningo-myélite vasculaire diffuse, constatée à l'autopsie dans un cas , Bull. et mém. Soc. méd. d. hôp. de Paris 101:55, 1893. 4. Dejerine, M. J.: Étude clinique et anatomo-pathologique sur l'atrophie musculaire des ataxiques , Rev. de m éd. 9:81, 208 and 294, 1889. 5. Collins, J. A.: Case of Progressive Muscular Atrophy and Tabes, with Autopsy , J. Nerv. & Ment. Dis. 28:564 ( (Oct.) ) 1901. 6. Bramwell, B.: Analysis of 155 Cases of Tabes , Brain 25:19, 1902. 7. Whiting, A. J.: On Paralysis and Muscular Atrophy in Tabes Dorsalis, with Observations on the Relation of Afferent Impulses to Movement and Muscular Nutrition , Brain 21:494, 1898. 8. Dana, C. L.: Progressive Muscular Atrophy; a Study of the Causes and Classifications, with the Report of an Autopsy , J. Nerv. & Ment. Dis. 33:81, 1906. 9. Kino, F., and Strauss, A.: Metaluetische Muskelatrophie zur Pathogenese der Muskelatrophie bei Tabes , Deutsche Ztschr. f. Nervenh. 89:221, 1926. 10. Leopold, S.: A Case of Progressive Muscular Atrophy with Necropsy, Probably Syphilitic in Origin , J. Nerv. & Ment. Dis. 39:606, 1912. 11. Spiller, William G.: Syphilis a Possible Cause of Systemic Degeneration of the Motor Tract , J. Nerv. & Ment. Dis. 39:584, 1912. 12. Stone, Theodore, T.: Amyotrophic Syphilitic Meningomyelitis: Report of Two Cases with Argyll Robertson Pupils , J. Nerv. & Ment. Dis. 66: 595, 1927. 13. Martin, J. P.: Amyotrophic Meningo-Myelitis (Spinal Progressive Muscular Atrophy of Syphilitic Origin) , Brain 48:153, 1925. 14. Margulis, M. S.: Amyotrophische spinale Syphilis , Deutsche Ztschr. f. Nervenh. 86:1, 1925. 15. Léri, André, in discussion on Claude and Schaeffer , Rev. neurol. 27:644, 1920. 16. Kaiser, Herbert: Lues spinalis unter dem Bilde der amyotrophischen Lateralsklerose , Ztschr. f. d. ges. Neurol. u. Psychiat. 136:798, 1931. 17. Falkiewicz, Tadeusz: Zur Kenntnis der amyotrophischen Spinallues , Deutsche Ztschr. f. Nervenh. 89:232, 1921. 18. Claude, Henri, and Schaeffer, H.: L'atrophie musculaire progressive syphilitique avec sclérose combinée , Rev. neurol. 27:642, 1920. 19. Head, Henry, and Fearnsides, E. G.: The Clinical Aspects of Syphilis of the Central Nervous System, in the Light of the Wassermann Reaction and Treatment with Neosalvarsan , Brain 37:65 and 109, 1914. 20. Collins.2d 21. Remak, E.: Ueber neuritische Muskelatrophie bei Tabes dorsalis , Berl. klin. Wchnschr. 24:462, 1887. 22. Steiner, Gabriel: Beiträge zur pathologische Anatomie der peripheren Nerven bei den metasyphilitischen Erkrankungen , Arch. f. Psychiat. 49:667, 1912. 23. Holmes, Gordon: A Case of Combined Degeneration of the Cord with Amyotrophy , Rev. Neurol. & Psychiat. 11:76, 1913. 24. Wilson, S. A. K.: The Pathology of Two Cases of Tabetic Amyotrophy , Rev. Neurol. & Psychiat. 9:401, 1911. 25. Tooth, H. H., and Howell, C. M.: Progressive Myatrophy in Tabes Dorsalis , Proc. Roy. Soc. Med. (Sect. Neurol.) 52:81, 1911-1912. 26. Schaffer, C.: Sur l'origine de l'amyotrophie tabétique , Rev. neurol. 4:97, 1896. 27. Raymond, F., and Cestan, R.: Méningo-myélite marginale progressive , Encéphale 4:1, 1909. 28. Ostheimer, Alfred J.; Wilson, George, and Winkelman, N. W.: Syphilis as the Cause of Muscular Atrophy of Spinal Origin , Am. J. M. Sc. 167:835, 1924. 29. Sachs, B.: Syphilis and Tabes Dorsalis , New York M. J. 59:1, 1894. 30. Nageotte, I.: La lésion primitive du tabes , Bull. Soc. anat. de Paris 69: 808, 1894 31. Compt. rend. Soc. de biol. 52:352, 1900. 32. Hassin, G. B.: Beiträge zur Histopathologie der Tabes dorsalis , Neurol. Centralbl. 33:1138, 1914 33. J. Nerv. & Ment. Dis. 42:699, 1915 34. Tabes Dorsalis: Pathology and Pathogenesis; A Preliminary Report , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 21:311 ( (Feb.) ) 1929.

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