Morvan's disease
Alternative eponyms
- Morvan's syndrome
Related people
A historical term for a peculiar form of syringomyelia.
Description
A historical term for a peculiar form of syringomyelia. A chronic disease marked by cavities in the spinal cord, usually in the central region and often extending into the medulla (syringobulbia), or inferiorly into the thoracic and lumbar regions of the cord. The symptom complex includes symmetric, peripheral hyperesthesia of the extremities accompanied by trophic changes in the form of slowly healing ulcers, atrophy of the bones, and changes in the nails. Insidious onset in 2nd to 3rd decade. Frequently associated with other congenital malformations, such as Klippel-Feil syndrome and spina bifida. It usually occurs in young people of either sex. Morvan first described this rare clinical picture in 1883.
Bibliography
- A. M. Morvan:
De la parésie analgésique à panaris des extrémités supérieures ou paréso-analgésie des extrémités supérieures.
Gazette hebdomadaire de médecine et de chirurgie, Paris, 2nd series, 1883, 20: 580-583, 590-594, 624-626, 721. Nouveaux cas. Gazette hebdomadaire de médecine et de chirurgie, Paris, 1886, 23: 521, 527, 555.
