[Polyneuropathy disclosing primary Gougerot-Sjögren syndrome. Treatment by plasma exchange].
A 27 year-old woman presented with a sensory-motor polyneuropathy, right facial hypoesthesia and bilateral Adie syndrome. These led to the diagnosis of primary Gougerot-Sjögren syndrome. A 6 weeks therapy with corticoids brought no improvement. Frank improvement followed 12 plasmatic exchanges.
Bakchine
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S
Service de Neurologie, C.H.U. Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris.
Mas
J L
JL
Rottembourg
R
R
Wechsler
B
B
Le Charpentier
Y
Y
Derouesne
C
C
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010951:Plasma Exchange; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000473:pathology; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
Polyneuropathie révélatrice d'un syndrome de Gougerot-Sjögren primitif. Traitement par échanges plasmatiques.