ArticleMuscle & nerve2019
Nerve ultrasound can identify treatment-responsive chronic neuropathies without electrodiagnostic features of demyelination.
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- Evaluation of the EFNS/PNS diagnostic criteria in a cohort of CIDP patients.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2021Article
- Nerve Ultrasound as Helpful Tool in Polyneuropathies.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Nerve Ultrasound Distinguishes Non-Inflammatory Axonal Polyneuropathy From Inflammatory Polyneuropathy With Secondary Axonal Damage.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
- Nerve Ultrasound Comparison Between Transthyretin Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
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- Nerve ultrasound can identify treatment-responsive chronic neuropathies without electrodiagnostic features of demyelination.Muscle & nerve · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionWe present a case series of six treatment-naive patients with clinical phenotypes compatible with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and multifocal motor neuropathy without electrodiagnostic features of demyelination but with abnormal peripheral ultrasound findings who responded to treatment.
methodsAll six patients underwent a complete set of ancillary investigations, including extensive nerve conduction studies. We also performed standardized nerve ultrasound of median nerves and brachial plexus as part of a larger effort to evaluate diagnostic value of sonography.
resultsNerve conduction studies did not show conduction block or other signs of demyelination in any of the six patients. Sonographic nerve enlargement was present in all patients and was most prominent in proximal segments of the median nerve and brachial plexus. Treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin resulted in objective clinical improvement. DISCUSSION: Our study provides evidence that nerve ultrasound represents a useful complementary diagnostic tool for the identification of treatment-responsive inflammatory neuropathies.
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