[Multiple mononeuropathy in the course of the Churg-Strauss syndrome--a case study].

The Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is a systemic vasculitis. The symptoms of CSS normally occur between the ages of 20 and 40. We present a case of a 60-year-old man with the CSS evolving in three phases.

[Contribution of occupational and non-occupational factors in the pathogenesis of carpaltunnel syndrome].

Background: Carpal tunnel syndrome, involving the median nerve, is the most frequent compressive neuropathy. The aim of the study was to determine the influence of occupational and health factors on carpal tunnel syndrome development.

Materials And Methods: The group of patients comprised 271 persons (209 professionally active) who visited the EMG Service with suspected carpal tunnel syndrome.

[Post-polio syndrome. A case report].

Certain acute anterior poliomyelitis survivors express complaints of abnormal fatigue, weakness and muscular atrophy many years after acute onset. These are basic clinical symptoms of so-called post-polio syndrome (PPS). PPS is characterized by a relatively slow, but progressive pathological muscular process, in some cases leading to functional impairment of daily living and professional activity.

[Guillain-Barré syndrome with central nervous system symptoms. Report of two cases].

Guillain-Barré syndrome - acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy - is characterized by symmetrical flaccid paresis of limbs and areflexia or hyporeflexia which progress over a few days, up to 4 weeks. The central nervous system lesion is rarely reported in the course or treatment of the disease. In the paper two cases of patients with diagnosed Guillain-Barré syndrome with the central nervous system manifestations were discussed.