Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology

The Korean Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (대한임상신경생리학회)
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Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy Presenting as Features of Guillain-Barre Syndrome

길랑-바레 증후군의 양상으로 나타난 만성염증수초탈락여러신경병증

  • Kang, Sung-Jin (Department of Neurology, Kosin University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Jong Kuk (Department of Neurology, Kosin University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Ji-Hyun (Department of Neurology, Kosin University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Sang-Woo (Department of Neurology, Busan St. Mary's Medical Center)
  • 강성진 (고신대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실) ;
  • 김종국 (고신대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실) ;
  • 이지현 (고신대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실) ;
  • 김상우 (부산성모병원 신경과)
  • Received : 2008.05.07
  • Accepted : 2008.05.29
  • Published : 2008.06.30
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Abstract

By definition, the time to reach nadir in Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is within four weeks. This is in contrast to the chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP), which progress for at least two months. However, CIDP can take a relapsing and remitting form and could mimic treatment related fluctuations of GBS (GBS-TRFs) especially during the early phase of disease. We report a patient with CIDP who initially presented with a rapidly progressive limb weakness mimicking GBS, but finally showed good recovery after long term corticosteroid therapy.

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