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Sensory involvement in spinal-bulbar muscular atrophy (Kennedy's disease)

✍ Scribed by G. Antonini; F. Gragnani; A. Romaniello; E.M. Pennisi; S. Morino; V. Ceschin; L. Santoro; G. Cruccu

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Weight: 230 KB
Volume: 23
Category: Article
ISSN: 0148-639X
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(200002)23:2<252::aid-mus17>3.0.co;2-p

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✦ Synopsis

Spinal-bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is a rare X-linked neuronopathy associated with an abnormal representation of androgen receptors in the nervous system. Standard nerve conduction and histopathological studies have disclosed the involvement of large myelinated sensory fibers in the spinal nerves of SBMA patients. Little is known about the involvement of small sensory neurons and trigeminal nerves. Laser evoked potentials (LEPs) were studied in 6 unrelated patients with SBMA; 5 of these patients also underwent trigeminal reflex recordings, and 3 a sural nerve biopsy. LEPs were markedly abnormal, indicating a dysfunction in pain pathways. Given the sparing of small fibers in the sural nerve specimens, we hypothesize a dysfunction in spinothalamic cells, possibly due to an abnormal representation of the androgen receptors. Except for the jaw-jerk, all the trigeminal reflexes were markedly abnormal. Since the afferents for the jawjerk have their cell body within the central nervous system instead of the ganglion, the selective sparing of the jaw-jerk indicates a trigeminal ganglionopathy.

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