In six patients with apallic syndrome the EEG was isoelectric, although the patients were breathing spontaneously and vegetative functions remained stable for a long period of time. No cortical somatosensory evoked potentials could be recorded in four of the patients examined. Cranial CT performed in three patients revealed extensive hypodensity of the cortex, whereas the brain stem showed no major damage. This syndrome is labelled a "complete apallic syndrome". None of our patients, and none of the 23 patients described in the literature, recovered.
Unter der Vielzahl der Affektionen des peripheren Nervensystems, die als umschriebene Mononeuritis oder Polyneuritis nach der Einwirkung einer ganzen Reihe unterschiedlicher exogener Noxen auftreten können, interessiert den Kliniker wegen der Akuität und Schwere des Verlaufs vor allem die Gruppe der aetiologisch ungeklärten ,,akut entzündlichen" Polyneuritiden.
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