Literature DB >> 23648721

Multifocal conduction block in a patient with sarcoid neuropathy: successful treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin.

Yu Kono1, Shusaku Omoto, Renpei Sengoku, Hiroshi Yaguchi, Masahiro Sonoo, Kiyoharu Inoue, Soichiro Mochio.   

Abstract

A 54-year-old-woman with sarcoidosis presented with progressive symmetric, predominantly distal weakness and sensory dysfunction with areflexia in all four limbs. Nerve conduction studies showed multifocal conduction blocks in several nerves. Oral steroids were ineffective; however, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy rapidly and repeatedly improved the patient's neurologic symptoms with a resolution of the conduction blocks. Multifocal conduction blocks are not frequently reported in patients with sarcoid neuropathy, but they may respond to early treatment with IVIG.

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Year:  2012        PMID: 23648721     DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.52.7788

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Intern Med        ISSN: 0918-2918            Impact factor:   1.271


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Review 1.  Refractory Sarcoidosis: A Review.

Authors:  Thomas El Jammal; Yvan Jamilloux; Mathieu Gerfaud-Valentin; Dominique Valeyre; Pascal Sève
Journal:  Ther Clin Risk Manag       Date:  2020-04-17       Impact factor: 2.423

2.  Isolated Bulbar Palsy: A Rare Presentation of Neurosarcoidosis.

Authors:  Hammad S Chaudhry; Fateen Ata; Mohamed Abdelghani; Rashid Kazman; Ali Rahil
Journal:  Cureus       Date:  2020-02-16
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