Isolated unilateral adduction deficit and ptosis as the presenting features of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy.
A patient with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) presented with an isolated unilateral adduction deficit and ptosis. Investigations were negative until the onset of limb weakness and fatigue 2 years later. At that time, electroneuromyography, cerebrospinal fluid examination, and magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the diagnosis of CIDP. Thus, ophthalmic signs can precede extremity and bulbar signs with a long latency in CIDP.
Ophthalmology Clinic, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland.
Christina
C
Pieh
Beatrice
B
Rossillion
Anne C
AC
Heritier-Barras
Michel
M
Chofflon
Theodor
T
Landis
Avinoam B
AB
Safran
D000328:Adult; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D004172:Diplopia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020277:Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous; D008775:Methylprednisolone