RARE PRESENTATION OF ACUTE INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYRADICULOPATHY (AIDP)

Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) With a Focus on Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy (AIDP) Clinical Summary Sheet - English, EN

Acute Inflammatory Polyarthritis: A Rare Presentation of Secondary Syphilis.

Dear Editor, Syphilis can present in a myriad of ways. Recognition of this “great imitator”, which can be easily treated, will greatly reduce morbidity. A 46-year-old Chinese male presented with intense inflammatory polyarthritis of his bilateral metacarpophalangeal, wrists, elbows, knees, ankles and metatarsophalangeal joints for 2 weeks. Joint tenderness was alleviated with movement and assoc...

Inflammatory neuropathies.

Inflammatory neuropathies are acquired disorders of peripheral nerves and occasionally of the central nervous system that can affect individuals at any age. The course can be monophasic, relapsing, or progressive. Inflammatory neuropathies are classified as acute or chronic. The acute form reaches a nadir by 4 weeks and the chronic form over 8 weeks or greater. The most common example of an acu...

Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy following varicella.

Four cases of acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy following varicella are described. The role of immunosuppression as a contributing factor in triggering an autoimmune disease of the peripheral nervous system following viral infection is discussed.

Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy following malaria.

Among the neurologic complications of malaria, acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy is a rarely reported phenomenon. We describe a patient with acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy following malaria in a 26-year-old traveler to an endemic area and review the clinical features of all 23 previously reported patients. Malarial infection should be considered as...