Journal article
Chronic inflammatory lumbosacral polyradiculopathy: a regional variant of CIDP.
- Caporale CM Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland (EOC), Ospedale Civico, EOC Via Tesserete 46, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland. christina.caporale@eoc.ch
- Staedler C
- Gobbi C
- Bassetti CL
- Uncini A
- 2011-10-19
Published in:
- Muscle & nerve. - 2011
Female
Genetic Variation
Humans
Lumbosacral Region
Middle Aged
Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating
English
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) affects various components and segments of the peripheral nervous system differently, and thus there can be phenotypic heterogeneity. We report a 47-year-old woman with chronic sensory disturbances and proximal weakness limited to the legs. Motor and sensory nerve conduction studies were normal. Somatosensory evoked potentials and imaging indicated a demyelinating process involving the lumbosacral roots. The patient responded favorably to IVIg. Although she did not fulfill the diagnostic criteria for CIDP we believe this patient represents a restricted regional CIDP variant.
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
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- DOI 10.1002/mus.22165
- PMID 22006701
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/19907
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