1. [Cerebral pathology in inactive rheumatism].
- Author
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Khokhlov AL, Mordvintseva EV, and Boĭchenko EV
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Adult, Brain Diseases diagnosis, Brain Diseases rehabilitation, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neurotic Disorders diagnosis, Neurotic Disorders rehabilitation, Psychological Tests, Rheumatic Diseases diagnosis, Rheumatic Diseases rehabilitation, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Brain Diseases complications, Neurotic Disorders complications, Rheumatic Diseases complications
- Abstract
Aim: Characterization of cerebral pathology in inactive phase of rheumatism., Materials and Methods: Clinical, experimental psychological examinations were performed in 110 rheumatic patients with inactive disease. Computer tomography of the head was carried out in 45 patients., Results: Psychic defects were absent only in 2.73% of the examinees. The rest had different neurotic symptoms manifest as panic attacks (> 50% of cases) or mildpsychoorganic shifts (60.91% of cases). Computer tomography of the brain has revealed hypodensive foci, deformed subarachnoid spaces and cerebral ventricles, hydrocephalia in 66.67% of the patients. These occurred more frequently in patients with psychoorganic syndrome or valvular heart diseases., Conclusion: Treatment and rehabilitation of rheumatic patients should also include measures to correct psychic and cerebral abnormalities frequently present in such patients.
- Published
- 1998