polyradiculoneuropathy/edema

Human sural nerve biopsies of eight cases with acute, subacute and chronic polyradiculoneuritis were studied by means of immunohistochemistry to characterize the inflammatory infiltrates. In addition, the structural changes of the endoneurial blood vessels were examined by electron microscopy, since

We report a 77-year-old man who presented with numbness and weakness of the feet bilaterally, that had progressed over 13 years. He was diagnosed with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) on the basis of nerve conduction studies and a sural nerve biopsy; however, he was

The authors analyze the development of optic disc congestion in patients with acute polyradiculoneuritis. Basing on an analysis of the brain hydrodynamics examined with the aid of the subarachnoidal infusion test, the authors come to the conclusion that the main pathogenetic factor responsible for

We reviewed 180 electroneuromyographic (EMG) studies from patients with acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy. EMG criteria suggestive of demyelination were met during the first 5 weeks in 87% of patients; an additional 10% had indeterminate electrodiagnostic evaluations, and 3%

Since the first description of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) by PJ Dyck's group at the Mayo Clinic 35 years ago, a wide range of publications have underlined the clinical, electrophysiologic and histopathologic heterogeneity of this disease. Expert consensus

The diagnostic criteria, natural history, nerve conduction characteristics, pathology, laboratory features, and efficacy of corticosteroid treatment have been evaluated personally in 53 patients with chronic inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy (CIP) who were followed up for an average of about 7.5

Peripheral neuropathy is usually the presenting feature of POEMS syndrome. Approximately 50% of patients with POEMS syndrome are associated with osteosclerotic myeloma, a rare variant of multiple myeloma, and some with Castleman's disease, an unusual lymphoproliferative disorder. The multicentric

The diagnosis of acute Guillain-Barré syndrome and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy is based on clinical characteristics, abnormalities on nerve conduction studies, and nerve biopsy specimens indicating demyelination. Inflammation and edema are also common findings in nerve

Background: Neurolymphomatosis, the infiltration of the peripheral nervous system from lymphoid cells, represents an uncommon manifestation of lymphomas. We describe the challenging diagnostic work-up in a patient with

High dose methylprednisolone (50 mg kg-1, daily) was administered to Lewis rats with experimental allergic neuritis from onset of the disease. Disease severity was reduced and recovery was significantly more rapid than that in saline-injected controls. Histological examination showed reduction of

Dysimmune neuropathies, in common with other neuropathies, comprise an axonal impairment that it is primary or secondary to a demyelinating process. We consider here axonal impairment in the course of certain dysimmune neuropathies, such as the Guillain Barré syndrome, chronic inflammatory

We have studied retrospectively 30 cases of leptospirosis observed in Aquitaine (South West France) from 1980 till 1992. This review was made in three internal and a nephrology department in Bordeaux hospital. Most cases occurred by indirect contact with infected animals or by occupational

BACKGROUND Ipilimumab, a monoclonal anti-CTLA-4 antibody, is used to treat melanoma. Neuromuscular side effects, possibly autoimmune, may occur. METHODS In this investigation we undertook a retrospective review of patient records. RESULTS After 3 doses of ipilimumab, a 31-year-old man developed