Chronic Cryptogenic Sensory Polyneuropathy

Sensory Neuropathies Chronic Sensorimotor Distal Symmetrical Polyneuropathy

Sensory chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: an under-recognized entity?

INTRODUCTION Sensory chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) can be difficult to diagnose. METHODS We report 22 patients with chronic sensory polyneuropathy with ≥1 clinical sign atypical for chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy (CIAP) but no electrodiagnostic criteria for CIDP. RESULTS Clinical signs atypical for CIAP were: sensory ataxia (59%), generalized areflexia (...

Pure sensory chronic inflammatory polyneuropathy: rapid deterioration after steroid treatment

BACKGROUND Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) as a pure sensory variant is rarely encountered. Therefore the best treatment option is hard to define. CASE PRESENTATIONS We reported two middle-aged patients of Caucasian origin, one female and one male, who over a period of several months presented limbs and gait ataxia. Clinical and neurophysiological examination revealed...

Sural and Radial Sensory Responses in Patients with Sensory Polyneuropathy.

INTRODUCTION The sural/radial nerve amplitude ratio (SRAR) is the quotient of the sensory nerve action potential (SNAP) amplitudes (Amp) of the sural and the superficial radial nerve. It has been hypothesized that this ratio can be used for the detection of early axonal loss, because the sural SNAP amplitude will decrease first, thereby also decreasing the SRAR value. OBJECTIVES To determine ...

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.

Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a rare neurological disease. Definitive therapy is not yet established. We report our use of intravenous Immunoglobulin (iv IgG) in two cases of CIDP and review the therapeutic options available. Intravenous IgG is a ubiquitous practical treatment particularly in patients who do not respond to steroids and where a rapid response is req...