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12803797

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-6-13
pubmed:abstractText
The authors report a first case of chronic motor axonal neuropathy involving ENT manifestations, in a 64-year-old male presenting with gait difficulties, effort dyspnoea and dysphonia. Eleven months after the first symptoms, he developed severe hypoventilation, limb weakness and bilateral vocal fold palsy and had to be intubated for respiratory failure. The diagnosis of chronic motor axonal neuropathy was suspected on clinical and electrophysiological grounds. The patient improved dramatically after a five-day course of 0.4 g/kg intravenous immunoglobulin. He is still being treated with methylprednisolone 0.5 mg/kg every other day and remains stable. We conclude the bilateral vocal fold palsy may be associated with chronic motor axonal neuropathy and that the immunosuppressive treatment may be effective in such cases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0022-2151
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
117
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
414-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Bilateral vocal fold palsy caused by chronic motor axonal neuropathy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, Erasmus Hospital, ULB, Brussels, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports