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Ear Nose Throat J. 2003 Jul;82(7):520-1. Related Articles,
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Remission of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
following adenotonsillectomy.
Harsha WJ, Goco PE, Crawford JV.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Madigan Army
Medical Center, Tacoma, WA 98431-5000, USA.
Patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)
experience proximal- and distalextremity weakness, sensory loss, and
often hyporeflexia or areflexia. CIDP is associated with a variety
of concomitant medical illnesses, which often manifest weeks before
the onset of muscle weakness and paresis. We describe what we
believe is the first reported case of an association between CIDP
and recurrent acute adenotonsillitis, which we observed in an
11-year-old girl. Following adenotonsillectomy, the patient's CIDP
went into remission and her overall physical condition improved with
physiotherapy.
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Case Reports
PMID: 12955838 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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