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OBJECTIVE:To confirm the reported findings and clarify unknown clinical features of Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS)-associated neuropathy and design appropriate treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We assessed the clinical features of 6 patients with CSS-associated neuropathy. RESULTS:Mononeuritis multiplex was present in 4 cases and polyneuropathy in the remaining cases. Both groups progressed to sensori-motor polyneuropathy in an acute or subacute course. All cases showed bronchial asthma and eosinophilia. Two cases with serum antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies to myeloperoxidase (MPO-ANCA) had an acute clinical course and severe symptoms. Nerve conduction studies (NCS) of these 2 cases revealed conduction blocks at the initial stage, although NCS finally indicated sensori-motor axonopathy at the involved extremities. For treatment, high-dose corticosteroid therapy for 4 cases, and cyclophosphamide combined with corticosteroids for 1 case, were effective. For the remaining case, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) at the chronic phase resulted in a slow improvement of neuropathy in the symptomatic aspect. There was no relapse of neuropathy with low-dose corticosteroid treatment for 14-24 months after the initial treatment, except 1 case. There was also no relapse in the other case that was treated with moderate-dose steroids. CONCLUSION:Our study showed that CSS-associated neuropathy is a treatable disorder and that the first choice therapy is high-dose corticosteroid. In cases where corticosteroids are ineffective or for severe cases, immunosuppressive therapy (cyclophosphamide) with steroids should be considered, and IVIg might be a treatment option.
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Clin Neurol Neurosurgjournal_title
Clinical neurology and neurosurgeryauthors
Nakamura M,Yabe I,Yaguchi H,Kishimoto R,Mito Y,Fujiki N,Houzen H,Tsuji-Akimoto S,Niino M,Sasaki Hdoi
10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.07.004subject
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更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2008-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
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更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/0303-8467(85)90063-0
更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/0303-8467(95)00085-2
更新日期:1996-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0303-8467(93)90086-v
更新日期:1993-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
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doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2020.106020
更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.02.008
更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.09.015
更新日期:2013-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0303-8467(99)00012-8
更新日期:1999-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.05.011
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0303-8467(02)00030-6
更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2018.05.012
更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1997-05-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2019.105506
更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2016.10.017
更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2020.105719
更新日期:2020-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0303-8467(97)00086-3
更新日期:1997-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.03.021
更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0303-8467(99)00059-1
更新日期:1999-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2017.01.004
更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0303-8467(94)90027-2
更新日期:1994-02-01 00:00:00