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
Hauptverfasser:	Heaney, Dominic, Geddes, Jennian F., Nagendren, Kulan, Swash, Michael
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Arthralgia - etiology Arthralgia - pathology Biological and medical sciences Biopsy Cranial nerves. Spinal roots. Peripheral nerves. Autonomic nervous system. Gustation. Olfaction Female Gait Disorders, Neurologic - etiology Gait Disorders, Neurologic - pathology Gait Disorders, Neurologic - therapy Humans Immunoglobulins, Intravenous - therapeutic use IVIg therapy Medical sciences nerve biopsy Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Neural Conduction - physiology Neurology neuropathy Paresthesia - etiology Paresthesia - pathology Paresthesia - therapy Peripheral Nerves - pathology Peripheral Nerves - physiopathology Peripheral Nervous System Diseases - drug therapy Peripheral Nervous System Diseases - etiology Peripheral Nervous System Diseases - pathology sarcoidosis Sarcoidosis - complications Sural Nerve - pathology Sural Nerve - physiopathology Treatment Outcome Uveitis - etiology Uveitis - pathology
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