Fırat Tıp Dergisi |
2008, Cilt 13, Sayı 4, Sayfa(lar) 274-276 |
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Hirayama Disease (Monomelic Amyotrophy) |
Tahir Kurtuluş YOLDAŞ, Yıldız ÇORUH, Hava Dönmez KEKLİKOĞLUa, Hayriye Gül POLAT, Bülent GÜVEN |
Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, 3. Nöroloji Kliniği, ANKARA |
Hirayama Disease (HD) is a benign lower motor neuron disorder in the young with male preponderance. It is characterized by insidious onset and progressive weakness and wasting of a distal extremity . Generally, this disease is considered a 'benign' and non-progressive motor neuron disease, which stabilizes within five years of onset.We describe a 23-year-old famele patient who experienced progressive amyotrophy with no sensorial abnormality.©2008, Firat University, Medical Faculty.
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