1. [Neurological manifestations of Gougerot and Sjögren disease: a Black African case].
- Author
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Belo M, Sama HD, Nagbé Y, Kumako V, Bissa H, Agoda-Koussema LK, Balo KP, and Grunitzky EK
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- Black People, Brain Diseases etiology, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Middle Aged, Togo, Brain Diseases diagnosis, Sjogren's Syndrome complications, Sjogren's Syndrome diagnosis
- Abstract
Primitive Gougerot-Sjögren syndrome (PGSS) is a systemic autoimmune exocrinopathy in which twenty percent of affected patients develop neurological manifestations. It has been little described in the Black African literature. We report a case of PGSS in a 64-year-old Black woman as revealed by neurological manifestations in an inflammatory context. Central neuropathy was present and the patient fulfilled at least four of the six Vitali American-European diagnostic criteria. There were abnormal aspects on the sylvian artery and hyperintense lesions of periventricular predominance. PGSS is a serious disease which we must consider when we encounter any unexplained neurological manifestations especially those associated with vasculitic lesions.
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- 2015
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