Open AccessChildhood subacute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
Author(s) -
Hsu ChiaYu,
Chuang YaoChia,
Chiu NanChang,
Chen KuanWen
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the kaohsiung journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.439
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2410-8650
pISSN - 1607-551X
DOI - 10.1016/j.kjms.2011.06.016
Subject(s) - medicine , polyneuropathy , chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy , pathology , immunology , antibody
Subacute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (SIDP) is an acquired immune‐mediated peripheral polyneuropathy with clinical course between 4 weeks and 8 weeks. Rare childhood cases with SIDP had been described in the current literature. We report the first case of childhood SIDP in Taiwan with thorough clinical studies. All of the clinical presentations, laboratory data, electrophysiological studies, and image tools were compatible with childhood SIDP. Benign neurological recovery without relapse was correlated with electrophysiological evidence of demyelination predominantly.