著者

Makoto Eriguchi Kotaro Iida Shuhei Ikeda Manabu Osoegawa Kenya Nishioka Nobutaka Hattori Hiroshi Nagayama Hideo Hara

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.2028-18, (Released:2019-02-25)

参考文献数

17

被引用文献数

27

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We herein report the case of a 38-year-old man who developed parkinsonism 4 years after ingesting glyphosate. The patient presented with right-sided bradykinesia and cogwheel rigidity without autonomic symptoms. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and [123I]-metaiodobenzylguanidine myocardial scintigraphy were normal. A drastic response to levodopa and the presence of levodopa-induced dyskinesia without strong non-motor symptoms were seen in this patient. We considered that young-onset atypical parkinsonism was associated with a history of sublethal glyphosate ingestion. Epidemiologic investigations have shown that exposure to pesticides is a risk factor for Parkinson' s disease (PD). Our findings support the notion that glyphosate exposure might be related to the onset of PD.

著者

Makoto Eriguchi Kotaro Iida Shuhei Ikeda Manabu Osoegawa Kenya Nishioka Nobutaka Hattori Hiroshi Nagayama Hideo Hara

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.58, no.13, pp.1935-1938, 2019-07-01 (Released:2019-07-01)

参考文献数

17

被引用文献数

17 27

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We herein report the case of a 38-year-old man who developed parkinsonism 4 years after ingesting glyphosate. The patient presented with right-sided bradykinesia and cogwheel rigidity without autonomic symptoms. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and [123I]-metaiodobenzylguanidine myocardial scintigraphy were normal. A drastic response to levodopa and the presence of levodopa-induced dyskinesia without strong non-motor symptoms were seen in this patient. We considered that young-onset atypical parkinsonism was associated with a history of sublethal glyphosate ingestion. Epidemiologic investigations have shown that exposure to pesticides is a risk factor for Parkinson's disease (PD). Our findings support the notion that glyphosate exposure might be related to the onset of PD.

著者

Yusuke Yakushiji Andreas Charidimou Tomoyuki Noguchi Masashi Nishihara Makoto Eriguchi Yusuke Nanri Atsushi Kawaguchi Tatsumi Hirotsu David J. Werring Hideo Hara

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.57, no.2, pp.189-196, 2018-01-15 (Released:2018-01-15)

参考文献数

30

被引用文献数

18 28

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Objective We explored the association between the total small vessel disease (SVD) score obtained with magnetic resonance imaging and risk factors and outcomes in the Japanese population. Methods The presence of SVD features, including lacunes, cerebral microbleeds, white matter changes, and basal ganglia perivascular spaces on MRI, was summed to obtain a "total SVD score" (range 0-4). Ordinal and multinomial logistic regression analyses were performed to investigate the association of higher total SVD scores with vascular risk factors, the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score, and cerebral atrophy. Results We included 1,451 neurologically healthy adults (mean age, 57.1 years; 47% male). A multivariate ordinal logistic regression analysis showed that the total SVD score was associated with aging, hypertension, blood pressure (BP), diabetes mellitus, MMSE score, and deep cerebral atrophy, but the equal slopes assumption between scores did not hold. A multivariate multinomial logistic regression analysis (total SVD score 0=reference) showed that aging, hypertension, and BP were positively associated with scores of 1, 2, or ≥3. These effects, presented as odds ratios (ORs), increased as the score increased and were strongest with a score of ≥3 [aging (per 10-year increment), OR 4.00, 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.47-6.46; hypertension, OR 5.68, 95% CI 2.52-12.80; systolic BP (per standard deviation increase), OR 1.96, 95% CI 1.41-2.74, respectively]. Diabetes mellitus and deep cerebral atrophy tended to be associated with the SVD scores. The MMSE score showed no consistent associations. Conclusion The total SVD score may be a promising tool for indexing SVD, even in the Japanese population.

著者

Toshihiro Ide Takeru Kawanami Makoto Eriguchi Hideo Hara

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.8709-21, (Released:2022-02-08)

参考文献数

23

被引用文献数

15

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We herein report a case of MOG antibody-associated disease after SARS-CoV-2 infection. A 24-year-old woman developed unilateral optic neuritis 3 weeks after contracting COVID-19, followed by intracranial demyelinating lesions and myelitis. Since serum anti-MOG antibody was positive, we diagnosed MOG antibody-associated disease. Immunotherapy with steroids resulted in the rapid improvement of neurological symptoms. This is a suggestive case, as there are no reports of MOG antibody-associated disease with multiple neurological lesions occurring after COVID-19. The response to immunotherapy was favorable. This case suggests that it is important to measure anti-MOG antibodies in patients who develop inflammatory neurological disease after COVID-19.

著者

Akihiro Ueda Kunihiko Asakura Takateru Mihara Hideo Hara Madoka Ueda Tadayuki Miyashita Tatsuro Mutoh

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.48, no.10, pp.843-846, 2009 (Released:2009-05-15)

参考文献数

10

被引用文献数

5 4

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Acute autonomic, sensory and motor neuropathy (AASMN) is a rare peripheral nerve disorder characterized by prominent dysautonomia with somatic sensory and motor impairment. Dysautonomia in AASMN is intractable even with corticosteroid therapy or plasmapheresis. Here we report a case of AASMN with severe orthostatic hypotension. Although the effectiveness of corticosteroid was insufficient, high dose intravenous immunoglobulin therapy (IVIg) was effective for not only sensorimotor symptoms but also autonomic symptoms. This is the first case of AASMN showing favorable responses to IVIg treatment, suggesting that IVIg should be considered when corticosteroid therapy or plasmapheresis is ineffective or insufficient.