Journals / Cerrahpaşa Medical Journal / 2021 / Cilt: 45 - Sayı: 1

Constellation of Cognitive Impairment, Spasticity, and Lower Motor Neuron Disease Secondary to Possible Whipple Disease

Olası Whipple Hastalığına Bağlı Bilişsel Bozukluk, Spastisite ve Alt Motor Nöron Hastalığı

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49–52
Publication Date
2022-10-12
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To our knowledge, this is the first case of generalized lower motor neuron involvement with cognitive deficits and parkinsonism in Whipple disease.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Herein, we report a patient with dementia, parkinsonism, and motor neuron disease owing to possible central nervous system involvement of Whipple disease.
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Key Findings & Data:Although co-existence of dementia, parkinsonism, and second-order motor neuron involvement may be seenin some degenerative disease complexes, excluding a reversible condition is a necessity.
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Conclusion & Impact:To our knowledge, this is the first case of generalized lower motor neuron involvement with cognitive deficits and parkinsonism in Whipple disease.
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Herein, we report a patient with dementia, parkinsonism, and motor neuron disease owing to possible central nervous system involvement of Whipple disease. Although co-existence of dementia, parkinsonism, and second-order motor neuron involvement may be seenin some degenerative disease complexes, excluding a reversible condition is a necessity. The critical issue in diagnosing our patient wasthe presence of gastroparesis and arthritis in history associated with progressive supranuclear palsy-like clinical features. Impairment inany domain of cognition may be observed in Whipple disease. Our patient had prominent attention and memory deficits. To our knowledge, this is the first case of generalized lower motor neuron involvement with cognitive deficits and parkinsonism in Whipple disease.

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Burada, olası Whipple hastalığının santral sinir sistemi tutulumuna ikincil demans, parkinsonizm ve motor nöron tutulumu bulguları ile başvuran bir hastayı sunduk. Demans, parkinsonizm ve ikinci motor nöron tutulumuyla giden bazı dejeneratif hastalık kompleksleri görülebilse de, geri dönüşümlü bazı tabloları ayırt etmek gereklidir. Hastamızın tanısındaki kritik noktalar gastroparezi ve artrit öyküsü ile birlikte progresif supranükleer felç benzeri klinik özellikler olmasıydı. Whipple hastalığında kognisyonun herhangi bir bileşeninde etkilenim görülebilir. Olgumuzda ön planda dikkat ve hafıza etkilenimi vardı. Literatür incelendiğinde bu vaka yaygın ikinci motor nöron tutulumu, kognitif yıkım ve parkinsonizm ile ortaya çıkan ilk Whipple hastalığı vakasıdır.

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Kızıltan, G., Apaydın, H., Gündüz, A., Aliş, C. (2022). Constellation of Cognitive Impairment, Spasticity, and Lower Motor Neuron Disease Secondary to Possible Whipple Disease. Cerrahpaşa Medical Journal, Cilt: 45 - Sayı: 1, 49–52. https://ajindex.com/articles/473147

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