[Clinical picture and histopathology of Viliuisk encephalomyelitis]

Zh Nevropatol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 1983;83(2):204-8.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Clinical and histological study of 8 cases of Vilyui encephalomyelitis (VEM), characterized by chronic and acute course has shown that all the features of local non-purulent encephalomyelitis with marked dystrophic and atrophic changes of neural tissue were characteristic of VEM. Immunomorphological reaction that manifested as perivascular and membrane lymphoplasmacytic infiltrations was observed in patients with a more acute VEM course or with exacerbation of chronic VEM. Hydrocephalus is considered as a serious aggravating factor that favours atrophic nervous changes during protracted and chronic VEM course.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Blood Vessels / pathology
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Encephalomyelitis / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymphocytes / pathology
  • Macrophages / pathology
  • Male
  • Meninges / pathology
  • Meningoencephalitis / diagnosis
  • Middle Aged
  • Rural Population
  • Siberia
  • Spinal Cord / pathology