Degeneration of fasciculus gracilis in cystic fibrosis

Neurology. 1977 Feb;27(2):185-7. doi: 10.1212/wnl.27.2.185.

Abstract

The spinal cords of 19 percent of patients dying with cystic fibrosis after 5 years of age showed posterior column degeneration. The risk did not appear to increase with advancing age. None of these patients had findings of pernicious anemia or spinocerebellar degeneration. The lesions had been undetected clinically. It is possible that nutritional, toxic, or hereditary factors may play a role in producing this lesion.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Autopsy
  • Child, Preschool
  • Chloramphenicol / adverse effects
  • Cystic Fibrosis / complications
  • Cystic Fibrosis / drug therapy
  • Cystic Fibrosis / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Nerve Degeneration*
  • Optic Neuritis / etiology
  • Spinal Cord / pathology*

Substances

  • Chloramphenicol