Abstract
We describe a 38-year-old woman with a predominantly sensory axonal polyneuropathy in whom a nerve biopsy demonstrated sarcoid granulomas. The neuropathy did not respond to oral steroid therapy but there was a rapid and repeated response to intravenous immunoglobulin, which gradually diminished over subsequent treatments, but remained beneficial. The systemic sarcoidosis remained active.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Arthralgia / etiology
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Arthralgia / pathology
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Biopsy
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Female
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Gait Disorders, Neurologic / etiology
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Gait Disorders, Neurologic / pathology
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Gait Disorders, Neurologic / therapy
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Humans
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Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use*
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Neural Conduction / physiology
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Paresthesia / etiology
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Paresthesia / pathology
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Paresthesia / therapy
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Peripheral Nerves / pathology*
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Peripheral Nerves / physiopathology
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Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / drug therapy
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Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / etiology*
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Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / pathology*
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Sarcoidosis / complications*
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Sural Nerve / pathology
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Sural Nerve / physiopathology
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Treatment Outcome
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Uveitis / etiology
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Uveitis / pathology
Substances
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Immunoglobulins, Intravenous