title: Remission of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy following adenotonsillectomy.
abstract: Patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) experience proximal- and distalextremity weakness, sensory loss, and often hyporeflexia or areflexia. CIDP is associated with a variety of concomitant medical illnesses, which often manifest weeks before the onset of muscle weakness and paresis. We describe what we believe is the first reported case of an association between CIDP and recurrent acute adenotonsillitis, which we observed in an 11-year-old girl. Following adenotonsillectomy, the patient's CIDP went into remission and her overall physical condition improved with physiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA 98431-5000, USA. wayne.harsha@nw.amedd.army.mil
authors.forename: Wayne J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Harsha
authors.forename: Paulino E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Goco
authors.forename: James V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Crawford
mesh_terms: D000233:Adenoidectomy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D020277:Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014068:Tonsillectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome