Fatigue as the presenting symptom of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.
Different clinical presentations of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) have been described. Fatigue is generally considered to be a secondary sign and is not mentioned as a warning sign for the diagnosis. We present a patient with CIDP in whom fatigue remained the only symptom, hereby stressing the importance of adding this disease to the differential diagnosis of fatigue. Immunomodulatory treatment did not change the clinical course of the patient, but electrodiagnostic features improved substantially.
Bissay
Véronique
V
Department of Neurology, University Hospital UZ-Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium. veronique.bissay@edpnet.be
Flamez
Anja
A
Schmedding
Eric
E
Ebinger
Guy
G
D000328:Adult; D004568:Electrodiagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D018763:Muscle Fatigue / Q000502:physiology*; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology; D020277:Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D012026:Reflex, Stretch / Q000502:physiology; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology
D007155:Immunologic Factors