Whipple disease and central nervous system [Doença de whipple e sistema nervoso central]

• Tipo: Outra Publicação em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2005

Autores

Pedro Abreu (Autor) Outra; Elsa Azevedo (Autor) FMUP; Lobo, L (Autor) Outra; Moura, CS (Autor) Outra; Pontes, C (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Acta Medica Portuguesa

Vol. 18 Nº 4

Páginas: 199-208

ISSN: 0870-399X

Editora: Ordem dos Medicos

Indexação

Scopus - 3 Citações

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-007-DMW

Abstract (EN): Whipple disease (WD) is a rare systemic infection caused by the bacteria Tropheryma whipplei. Slowly progressive dementia, supranuclear ophthalmoplegia, headache, myoclonus, hypothalamic dysfunction, oculomasticatory-skeletal myorythmia are characteristic manifestations when WD involves the central nervous system (CNS). Treatment of cerebral WD should be performed with antibiotics that reach the CNS for at the least one-year. We alert for the early diagnosis of WD in patients with exclusively neurological clinical pictures, sometimes with atypical or non-definitive diagnosis, because it is a potential treatable disease.

Idioma: Português

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica