Pain in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: an update

ABSTRACT

Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, the most common inherited peripheral neuropathy, has pain as one of its clinical features, yet it remains underdiagnosed and undertreated. This literature review assessed data related to pain from CMT to determine its prevalence, type and importance as a symptom, which, unlike other symptoms, is likely to be treated. The research encompassed 2007 to 2017 and included five articles that addressed pain from CMT. All of the papers concurred that pain is frequently present in CMT patients, yet its classification remains undefined as there has been no consensus in the literature about the mechanisms that cause it.

RESUMO

A doença de Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT), a neuropatia periférica hereditária mais comum, tem a dor como uma de suas características clínicas, a qual permanece subdiagnosticada e subtratada. Essa revisão de literatura avaliou os dados relacionados à dor em CMT com objetivo de observar sua prevalência, tipo e importância como sintoma que, em detrimento de outros, é possível ser tratado. O intervalo da pesquisa foi entre 2007 e 2017, através de cinco artigos abordando a dor em CMT. Todos os artigos concordam que a dor é frequente nos pacientes com a doença de CMT e a sua classificação permanece indefinida por não haver consenso na literatura sobre os mecanismos da dor.

Keywords:

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease - pain

Palavras-chave:

doença de Charcot-Marie-Tooth - dor

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