Chronic inflammatory lumbosacral polyradiculopathy: a regional variant of CIDP
Publisher DOI
PubMed ID
22006701
Abstract
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.
Date Issued
2011
Publication Type
Article
Language(s)
en
Author(s)
Caporale, Christina M | |
Staedler, Claudio | |
Gobbi, Claudio | |
Uncini, Antonino |
Additional Credits
Journal
Muscle & nerve
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
ISSN
0148-639X
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