Sarcoid polyneuropathy responsive to intravenous immunoglobulin
We describe a 38‐year‐old woman with a predominantly sensory axonal polyneuropathy in whom a nerve biopsy demonstrated sarcoid granulomas. The neuropathy did not respond to oral steroid therapy but there was a rapid and repeated response to intravenous immunoglobulin, which gradually diminished over...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Muscle & nerve 2004-03, Vol.29 (3), p.447-450 |
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Zusammenfassung: | We describe a 38‐year‐old woman with a predominantly sensory axonal polyneuropathy in whom a nerve biopsy demonstrated sarcoid granulomas. The neuropathy did not respond to oral steroid therapy but there was a rapid and repeated response to intravenous immunoglobulin, which gradually diminished over subsequent treatments, but remained beneficial. The systemic sarcoidosis remained active. Muscle Nerve 29: 447–450, 2004 |
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ISSN: | 0148-639X 1097-4598 |
DOI: | 10.1002/mus.10541 |