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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2024

Subacute Progressive Severe Ataxic Sensory Neuropathy with Sjögren's Syndrome.

Tomohiro Fujioka, Kimito Kondo, Nobuo Kohara

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Tomohiro FujiokaDepartment of Neurology, Hokuto Hospital, Japan.
Kimito KondoDepartment of Neurology, Hokuto Hospital, Japan.
Nobuo KoharaDepartment of Neurology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We herein report a 79-year-old woman with subacute progressive ataxic sensory neuropathy. The patient's symptoms began with numbness in the lower extremities, which rapidly deteriorated, resulting in gait disturbance and abnormal sensations in the extremities, reaching a peak over a period of approximately two months. Nerve conduction studies revealed pure axonal-type sensory polyneuropathy. The expeditious progression of the disease initially prompted suspicion of Guillain-Barré syndrome or paraneoplastic syndrome. Nevertheless, after comprehensive evaluations, the conclusive diagnosis was confirmed as ataxic sensory neuropathy with Sjögren's syndrome. Intensive immunotherapy was administered; however, it was ineffective in halting disease progression. Consequently, this case underscores the significance of an early comprehensive diagnosis and prompt immunotherapy for ataxic sensory neuropathy associated with Sjögren's syndrome.

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Disease ProgressionSjogren's SyndromeAgedAtaxiaFemaleHumansPeripheral Nervous System DiseasesPolyneuropathiesSeverity of Illness Indexsensory ataxic polyneuropathySjögren's syndromesubacute sensory neuropathy

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PMID37926550
PMCPMC11189695

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