FAMILIAL RECURRENT ENCEPHALOMYELITIS
Authors: H G MILLER, J L GIBBONS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 April 1954FAMILIAL RECURRENT ENCEPHALOMYELITISHENRY G. MILLER, JAMES L. GIBBONSHENRY G. MILLERSearch for more papers by this author, JAMES L. GIBBONSSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-40-4-755 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is the purpose of this paper to report three cases of recurrent encephalomyelitis seen recently in Newcastle. The patients were children between the ages of 11 and 14 and they came from a single family. There is suggestive evidence that their acute illness responded to treatment with ACTH, and some evidence that the administration of antihistaminic drugs may have exercised a prophylactic effect.That acute disseminated encephalomyelitis may relapse or recur has been known since the studies of Redlich.1True recurrence is very rare indeed when the initial encephalomyelitic illness follows a specific fever, though an example is reported...Bibliography1. Redlich E: Ueber ein gehäuftes Auftreten von Krankheitsfällen mit den Erscheinungen einer Enzephalomyelitis disseminata, Monatschr. f. Psychiat. u. Neurol. 64: 152, 1927. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Van Bogaert L: Postinfectious encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis: significance of perivenous encephalomyelitis, J. Neuropath. and Exper. Neurol. 9: 219, 1950. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. LucasGreenfield JJG: The pathology of measles encephalomyelitis, Brain 52: 171, 1929. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Bannwarth A: Neuritis und Polyneuritis nach Typhus-Paratyphus-Schutzimpfung. Ein weiterer Beitrag zum Thema: "Allergie und Nervensystem," Arch. f. Psychiat. 180: 531, 1948. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. MillerEvans HGMJ: Prognosis in acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; with a note on neuromyelitis optica, Quart. J. Med. 22: 347, 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. AlajouanineNickLefebvreScherrer TJJJ: Sur une encephalomyélite amyotrophiante à poussées successives. Données cliniques, électroencéphalographiques et électromyographiques, Presse méd. 60: 1021, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. Rodriguez Arias B: Casos de encefalomielitis diseminada aguda familiar, Rev. méd. de Barcelona 17: 302, 1932. Google Scholar8. McAlpine D: Familial neuromyelitis optica; its occurrence in identical twins, Brain 61: 430, 1938. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. Van BogaertBreughelmansBouwens L: Deux cas d'encéphalite varicelleuse dans la même famille, dont un à evolution fatale, J. belge de neurol. et de psychiat. 35: 640, 1935. Google Scholar10. Bergamini M: Di tre casi di meningoencefalite post-morbillosa non-purulenta, Minerva pediat. 5: 47, 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar11. Thomsen O: Akute nicht-suppurative Entzündungen im Zentralnervensystem, Acta path. et microbiol. Scandinav. 9: 407, 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. Greenfield JG: Personal communication, 1953. Google Scholar13. Miller HG: Treatment of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis with ACTH, Brit. M. J. 1: 177, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. StantonMillerGibbons JBHGJL: Quelques considerations sur les syndromes encéphalomyélitiques et radiculonévritiques, Rev. neurol. 89: 46, 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar15. Van BogaertBorremansCouvreur L: Réflexions sur trois cas d'encéphalomyélite post-morbilleuse, Presse méd. 40: 141, 1932. Google Scholar16. Lumsden CE: Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis, Brain 72: 198, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: London,*Received for publication October 10, 1953.From the Royal Victoria Infirmary and the Medical School, King's College, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byNon-MS recurrent demyelinating diseasesRecurrent Encephalopathy in a Sibship Following Viral InfectionsPara-infectious and post-vaccinal encephalomyelitisHYPOTHALAMIC-HYPOPHYSEAL-NEURAL INFLUENCE IN PERIODIC DISEASESTHE GUILLAIN‐BARRÉ SYNDROME WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS AND RECURRENCEACUTE HAEMORRHAGIC LEUCO-ENCEPHALITISPROSPECTS FOR LABORATORY TECHNICIANSANOTHER FAMILIAL ENCEPHALITISAcute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Treated with ACTHEncephalomyelitisPATIENTS' SUGGESTIONSA FAMILIAL ENCEPHALITISCurrent pediatric references 1 April 1954Volume 40, Issue 4Page: 755-764KeywordsAdrenocorticotropic hormoneChildrenDrug administrationDrugsEncephalomyelitisFevers Issue Published: 1 April 1954 PDF downloadLoading ...