Foix–Alajouanine syndrome

Classification	D ICD-10: G37.4; ICD-9-CM: 336.1;
External resources	eMedicine: article/1160578; Orphanet: 79093;

Foix–Alajouanine syndrome
Foix–Alajouanine syndrome
Other names	Familial osteosclerosis with abnormalities of the nervous system and meninges
Specialty	Neurology

Foix–Alajouanine syndrome, also called subacute ascending necrotizing myelitis,^[1] is a disease caused by an arteriovenous malformation of the spinal cord.^[2] The patients present with symptoms indicating spinal cord involvement (paralysis of arms and legs, numbness and loss of sensation and sphincter dysfunction), and pathological examination reveals disseminated nerve cell death in the spinal cord and abnormally dilated and tortuous vessels situated on the surface of the spinal cord. Surgical treatment can be tried in some cases. If surgical intervention is contraindicated, corticosteroids may be used.^{[citation needed]}

The condition is named after Charles Foix and Théophile Alajouanine.^{[citation needed]}

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^ "Foix-Alajouanine syndrome". Orphanet.
^ Mishra R, Kaw R (May 2005). "Foix–Alajouanine syndrome: an uncommon cause of myelopathy from an anatomic variant circulation". South. Med. J. 98 (5): 567–9. doi:10.1097/01.SMJ.0000154409.48800.43. PMID 15954517. S2CID 41113400.

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[1] "Foix-Alajouanine syndrome". Orphanet.

[pmid15954517-2] Mishra R, Kaw R (May 2005). "Foix–Alajouanine syndrome: an uncommon cause of myelopathy from an anatomic variant circulation". South. Med. J. 98 (5): 567–9. doi:10.1097/01.SMJ.0000154409.48800.43. PMID 15954517. S2CID 41113400.

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show v t Focal lesions of the spinal cord
General	Myelopathy Myelitis Spinal cord compression
By location	Brown-Séquard syndrome Posterior cord syndrome Anterior cord syndrome Central cord syndrome Cauda equina syndrome
Other	Polio Demyelinating disease Transverse myelitis Tropical spastic paraparesis Epidural abscess Syringomyelia Syringobulbia Morvan's syndrome Sensory ataxia Tabes dorsalis Abadie's sign Subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord Vascular myelopathy Anterior spinal artery syndrome Foix–Alajouanine syndrome

Classification	D ICD-10: G37.4 ICD-9-CM: 336.1
External resources	eMedicine: article/1160578 Orphanet: 79093

Foix–Alajouanine syndrome

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