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Nerve root hypertrophy as the cause of lumbar stenosis in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
Author(s) -
Goldstein Jonathan M.,
Parks Becky Jo,
Mayer Peter L.,
Kim Jung H.,
Sze Gordon,
Miller Robert G.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199607)19:7<892::aid-mus12>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - polyradiculoneuropathy , medicine , nerve root , muscle hypertrophy , stenosis , lumbar , lumbar spinal stenosis , pathology , cardiology , surgery , guillain barre syndrome , immunology
Two patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) developed signs of lumbar stenosis. Radiologic, intraoperative, and pathologic findings demonstrated lumbar stenosis secondary to nerve root hypertrophy. This syndrome has been demonstrated in hereditary, but not acquired, demyelinating neuropathies. CIDP should be considered in the differential diagnosis of sciatica and nerve root hypertrophy. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.