Slow to meet motor milestones significant learning disabilities, or. Jules dejerine 18491917 was a french neurologist who contributed to the description of numerous neurologic conditions ranging from neurovascular pathology to neuromuscular disorders. Dejerine sottas syndrome dss is an early onset demyelinating motor and sensory neuropathy with motor nerve conduction velocities below 12 m s. We report the mr findings in two patients with clinically and histologically proved dejerine sottas disease. Dejerine sottas disease dsd comprises a genetically heterogeneous group of early onset demyelinating hereditary neuropathies. Dejerinesottas disease progressive hypertrophic polyneuropathy. We describe four clinical cases that attended external consultation of neurology andor entry into the neurology and neurosurgery department of the military central hospital of mexico city. Dejerinesottas disease how is dejerinesottas disease abbreviated. Dejerines triad dejerines triad is a threepart test for determining nerve compression which can arise from osseous foraminal encroachment, disc protrusion bulging, prolapse herniation or severe sprainstrain of the spine.
Charcotmarie tooth disease cmt clinical features other features. The disorder is named for joseph jules dejerine and jules sottas. Hypertrophic neuropathy of dejerinesottas genetic and rare. These findings suggest that dejerine sottas syndrome can result from dominant point mutation alleles of pmp22. Evaluating the patient with a peripheral neuropathy peter d. Dejerine sottas disease, also known as, dejerine sottas neuropathy, progressive hypertrophic interstitial polyneuropathy of childhood and onion bulb neuropathy, is a hereditary neurological disorder characterised by damage to the peripheral nerves and resulting progressive muscle wasting.
However, several mutations of dominant inheritance in the peripheral myelin protein 22 gene and the peripheral myelin protein zero gene have been reported in patients with dejerine sottas disease. Dejerines triad copyright american academy of manual. It accomplishes this by increasing the pressure of the cerebral spinal fluid. Looking towards the depth of the causes, it can be noticed that human bodies have special fibres. Open access publications 51572 freely accessible full text publications. Although most people have never heard of cmt, it affects some 115,000 americans. The term was initially used to describe a clinical phenotype characterized by symptom onset in the first two years of life, delayed motor development, hypotonia, and extremely slow nerve conduction median motor nerve. Dejerinesottas syndrome associated with point mutation in. A collection of disease information resources and questions answered by our genetic. Sottas syndrome can result from dominant point mutation alleles of pmp22. The phenotype is genetically heterogeneous, and autosomal dominant ad as well as autosomal recessive ar inheritance is described. Document evidence of a peripheral abnormality detect presence. Dejerinesottas disease revisited jama neurology jama. In this area, the eponymous dejerine sottas syndrome refers to a form of infantile hereditary neuropathy.
Dejerinesottas syndrome how is dejerinesottas syndrome. Charcotmarietooth disease cmt is a genetically heterogeneous group of inherited disorders characterized by severe peripheral. Charcotmarietooth disease cmt is a genetically heterogeneous group of inherited disorders characterized by severe peripheral neuropathy, affecting myelinated motor and sensory axons and leading to distal muscle weakness and atrophy. Dejerinesottas syndrome how is dejerinesottas syndrome abbreviated. Sottas dejerine dejerine sottas neuropathy hereditary motor and sensory polyneuropathy type iii a b s t r a c t the eponym dejerine sottas makes 21stcentury neurologists think of a form of heredity peripheral neuropathy leading to amyotrophy and secondary to a mutation of one of the many genes responsible for the formation of myelin.
The salient pathologic observations made at that time regarding the characteristics of hypertrophic neuropathy occurring in infancy. Dejerine sottas disease dsd was originally described as a hypertrophic polyneuropathy characterized by onset in infancy or early childhood in patients born to unaffected parents. Dejerinesottas disease with sensorineural hearing loss. Dejerine roussy secondary to isquemic cerebral infarction with gabapentine. Dejerinesottas disease how is dejerinesottas disease. Dejerine sottas syndrome is the result of continuous loss of myelin.
By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. One patient had spinal involvement with multiple thickened and clumped nerve roots of the cauda equina. Dejerinesottas disease, also known as, dejerinesottas neuropathy, progressive. For example, dejerine sottas disease ds is a severe form of cmt that manifests during infancy or early childhood. Journal of the neurological sciences elsevier journal of the neurological sciences 5 1996 7880 short report the neuropathy of dejerine and sottas.
Mr imaging of dejerinesottas disease johns hopkins. Although theres no cure for cmt, there are treatments that can be used to effectively manage its symptoms. Sottas patients identified individual missense point mutations present in the heterozygous state. Congenital muscular dystrophy cmd begins in infancy or very early childhood typically before age 20 identified as hypotonia, or lack of muscle tone, can make an infant seem floppy. Dejerine sottas disease with sensorineural hearing loss, nystagmus, and peripheral facial nerve weakness.
Few physicians have been more honored by eponyms than jules dejerine 1849 to 1917, the french neurologist. Dejerine sottas disease was initially thought to be inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. Hypertrophic neuropathy of dejerinesottas dejerine sottas syndrome is a term sometimes used to describe a severe, early childhood form of charcotmarietooth disease sometimes called type 3 that is characterized by sensory loss with ataxia in the limbs furthest from the body and pes cavus with progression towards the limbs closest to the body. Charcotmarietooth disease cmt is a neurological disorder, named after the three physicians who first described it in 1886 jeanmartin charcot and pierre marie of france, and howard henry tooth of the united kingdom.
Get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 348k, or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Jules dejerine and the peripheral nervous system neurology. Transitional justice and sanctions eric sottas eric sottas is secretarygeneral of the world organization against torture omct, the main international coalition. Dejerinesottas disease an overview sciencedirect topics. This item appears in the following collections faculty of medical sciences 68635. Interstitial hypertrophic neuritis of the eighth cranial. Dejerine sottas disease hereditary motor sensory neuropathy type iii doxorubicin. Dejerineroussy secondary to isquemic cerebral infarction with gabapentine.
Dejerinesottas disease was initially thought to be inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. Pdf dejerinesottas disease in childhoodgenetic and. What is dejerineroussy syndrome or thalamic pain syndrome. Dejerinesottas disease is a rare hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy hmsn type iii that presents with distal extremity motor and sensory symptoms as well as palpable peripheral nerves. Updated october 18, 2019 1 diagnosis list early support for infants and toddlers esit click on the letters below to jump to that section, or hit the ctrl key and letter f on your keyboard to search the document by keywords a. Sottas disease hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type iii, hmsn ii showed median and ulnar motor nerve conduction velocities less than 6 msec in all but 1 patient.
Mutational analysis of the pmp22 coding region in two unrelated dejerine. This paper records parts of dejerine and sottass description of the syndrome that bears their names. A case report article pdf available in sao paulo medical journal 1215. It is a very rare neurological condition in which a stroke to the part of the human brain which controls sensation ie. Hypertrophic neuropathy of dejerinesottas genetic and. Hereditary peripheral neuropathies hereditary motorsensory neuropathies or hereditary demyelinating neuropathies are abnormalities of schwann cells and their myelin sheaths, with peripheral nerve dysfunction. Mutational analysis of the pmp22 coding region in two unrelated dejerine sottas patients identified individual missense point mutations present in the heterozygous state. Loss of muscle mass and reduced muscle tone can occur as the disease progresses. They convey the electrical signals from brain to the spinal cord. Dejerinesottas disease and hereditary demyelinating. Hypertrophic neuropathy of dejerinesottas dejerinesottas syndrome is a term sometimes used to describe a severe, early childhood form of charcotmarietooth disease sometimes called type 3 that is characterized by sensory loss with ataxia in the limbs furthest from the body and pes cavus with progression towards the limbs closest to the body.
Dejerine roussy syndrome or thalamic pain syndrome is also referred to as central pain syndrome cps. Pdf introduction the nerve sonographic features of dejerine. A considerable body of his research was devoted to the peripheral nervous system. Mr imaging of dejerinesottas disease american journal. Vincristine has been proven hazardous and should be avoided by all cmt patients, including those with no symptoms. Charcotmarietooth disease dejerine sottas disease refsums disease hereditary spastic paraplegia hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy familial amyloid neuropathy. However, several mutations of dominant inheritance in the peripheral myelin protein 22 gene and the peripheral myelin protein zero gene have been reported in patients with dejerinesottas disease. Sottas dejerine dejerinesottas neuropathy hereditary motor and sensory polyneuropathy type iii a b s t r a c t the eponym dejerine sottas makes 21stcentury neurologists think of a form of heredity peripheral neuropathy leading to amyotrophy and secondary to a mutation of one of the many genes responsible for the formation of myelin. Bharucha childrens orthopedic hospital, bombay, india received 25 july 1995.
Weakness in neck and shoulder muscles tremor involuntary grinding of teeth, squinting are prevalent and often go unnoticed by the person affected. Click here for a printable pdf version the medications listed below are potentially toxic to cmt patients. Pdf periaxin mutations cause recessive dejerinesottas. Hereditary peripheral neuropathies hereditary motorsensory neuropathies or. Dejerine sottas syndrome disease definition a clinical entity that represents a severe phenotype of charcotmarietooth disease characterized by onset occurring in infancy, severe motor weakness, delayed motor development, extremely slow nerve conduction 1012 ms, areflexia and foot deformity. Dejerine sottas disease ds that youll need in order to help you prepare for changes that may occur in your future.
Youll learn that cmt is usually quite slow in progression and that, while it presents challenges in daily life, there are many techniques and devices to help you adapt to those challenges. Dejerinesottas syndrome dss is an early onset demyelinating motor and sensory neuropathy with motor nerve conduction velocities below 12 m s. The electrophysiologic profile of dejerinesottas disease. Although these findings are not specific for dejerine sottas disease, they are suggestive of the diagnosis.
Dejerine sottas disease dsd is a particular phenotype of the charcotmarietooth cmt disease spectrum that is genetically heterogeneous. It represents a severe form of hypertrophic axonal and. Marked temporal dispersion without conduction block. Sottas disease dsd have not previously been described. The fundamental clinical and pathologic findings associated with dejerinesottas disease were reported in a series of three communications at the turn of the century. English spanish online dictionary term bank, translate words and terms with different pronunciation options. Cranial nerve involvement is reportedly seen in approximately 15% of cases 1. The condition is caused by mutations in a various genes and currently has no known cure.
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