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ArticleMaedica2020

Subacute Onset Sensorimotor Axonal Neuropathy with Sicca Syndrome.

Ioan-Cristian Lupescu, Mirela Ramona Draghici, Oana Maria Obrisca, Basel Toron, Adriana Octaviana Dulamea

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Article in Maedica, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ioan-Cristian LupescuNeurology Department, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania.
Mirela Ramona DraghiciNeurology Department, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania.
Oana Maria ObriscaNeurology Department, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania.
Basel ToronNeurology Department, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania.
Adriana Octaviana DulameaNeurology Department, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania.
Institutul Clinic Fundeni · ROCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · RO

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present the case of a 65-year-old female, with no prior medical history, who came to our attention for painful paresthesias involving the distal lower limbs and progressive gait disturbance, accompanied by fatigue, involuntary weight loss, xerophthalmia and xerostomia. Due to a right-sided cervical tumefaction, cervical MRI was performed and revealed an enlarged right parotid gland. Electroneurography confirmed the presence of a chronic sensorimotor axonal neuropathy with active denervation. Blood and urinary samples were collected, highlighting the presence of anti SS-A and SS-B antibodies, with cryoglobulinemia, IgM monoclonal band and kappa light chain monoclonal band. No malignancies were found after extensive workup and bone marrow aspiration was normal. Consequently, a diagnosis of Sjögren syndrome-associated peripheral neuropathy with cryoglobulinemia was established, and after plasma exchange, partial improvement of the patient's gait was noted.

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PMID33603915
PMCPMC7879357
OpenAlexW3133325783

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