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MACROGLOBULINEMIA WALDENSTRÖM AND MOTOR NEURON SYNDROME
Author(s) -
Bauer Mats,
Bergström Roland,
Ritter Bernd,
Olsson Yngve
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1977.tb05643.x
Subject(s) - motor neuron , macroglobulinemia , spinal cord , medicine , atrophy , spinal muscular atrophy , autopsy , waldenstrom macroglobulinemia , pathology , degeneration (medical) , neuroscience , disease , psychology , psychiatry , lymphoma , multiple myeloma
One patient suffering from macroglobulinemia Waldenström developed a neurological disease which may be a previously unrecognized para‐malignant phenomenon in this disorder. The clinical symptoms and signs indicated a motor neuron syndrome and autopsy revealed degeneration of ventral and lateral funicles in the spinal cord, loss of ventral motor neurons, degeneration of ventral nerve roots and muscular atrophy. The rather low incidence of macroglobulinemia and motor neuron disease suggests some casual relationship rather than a sporadic occurrence of two disorders in the same patient.