We report two patients with orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) who develop ed a syndrome that fulfilled criteria for definite chronic inflammatory demyelin ating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP). One patient had OLT ...We report two patients with orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) who develop ed a syndrome that fulfilled criteria for definite chronic inflammatory demyelin ating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP). One patient had OLT because of alcoholic ci rrhosis and one following hepatitis C induced hepatic failure. Both had immunos uppressive therapy, with cyclosporine and prednisolone in one case and tacrolimu s in the other case. Treatment with intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) significa ntly improved the neuropathy in both patients. In patients with OLT developing d isabling sensorimotor neuropathies, CIDP should be considered as should the use of potentially beneficial immunosuppressive treatment.展开更多
To investigate the therapeutic efficacy of cyclosporin A (CyA) in the treatmen t of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP), a microem ulsion form of this drug (Neoral) was orally given to s...To investigate the therapeutic efficacy of cyclosporin A (CyA) in the treatmen t of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP), a microem ulsion form of this drug (Neoral) was orally given to seven patients with the disease who were unresponsive or resistant to conventional therapies.The daily d ose of CyA was carefully controlled in order to keep the plasma trough concentra tion between 100 and 150 ng/ml. Within 1 month of initiation of CyA, all patient s subjectively showed improvement of clinical symptoms, while both modified Rank in and INCAT disability scores were significantly decreased (p < 0.05) and grip strength was significantly increased (p < 0.05) 3 months after initiation compar ed with before. Total protein in the cerebrospinal fluid was significantly decre ased 3 and 6 months after starting CyA (p < 0.05). Although the maximal motor ne rve conduction velocity showed a significant improvement in the median nerve 1 t o 1.5 years after commencement of CyA (p < 0.05), there were no significant chan ges in any other neurophysiological parameters. One patient with anti sulphoglu curonyl paragloboside IgM antibodies gradually became resistant to CyA, but the rest have since been in good neurological con dition without complications ascribable to this drug. These results suggest that oral CyA may be effective even for refractory cases with CIDP. CyA should be ac tively considered as a therapeutic option when patients with CIDP are resistant to conventional treatment.展开更多
文摘We report two patients with orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) who develop ed a syndrome that fulfilled criteria for definite chronic inflammatory demyelin ating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP). One patient had OLT because of alcoholic ci rrhosis and one following hepatitis C induced hepatic failure. Both had immunos uppressive therapy, with cyclosporine and prednisolone in one case and tacrolimu s in the other case. Treatment with intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) significa ntly improved the neuropathy in both patients. In patients with OLT developing d isabling sensorimotor neuropathies, CIDP should be considered as should the use of potentially beneficial immunosuppressive treatment.
文摘To investigate the therapeutic efficacy of cyclosporin A (CyA) in the treatmen t of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP), a microem ulsion form of this drug (Neoral) was orally given to seven patients with the disease who were unresponsive or resistant to conventional therapies.The daily d ose of CyA was carefully controlled in order to keep the plasma trough concentra tion between 100 and 150 ng/ml. Within 1 month of initiation of CyA, all patient s subjectively showed improvement of clinical symptoms, while both modified Rank in and INCAT disability scores were significantly decreased (p < 0.05) and grip strength was significantly increased (p < 0.05) 3 months after initiation compar ed with before. Total protein in the cerebrospinal fluid was significantly decre ased 3 and 6 months after starting CyA (p < 0.05). Although the maximal motor ne rve conduction velocity showed a significant improvement in the median nerve 1 t o 1.5 years after commencement of CyA (p < 0.05), there were no significant chan ges in any other neurophysiological parameters. One patient with anti sulphoglu curonyl paragloboside IgM antibodies gradually became resistant to CyA, but the rest have since been in good neurological con dition without complications ascribable to this drug. These results suggest that oral CyA may be effective even for refractory cases with CIDP. CyA should be ac tively considered as a therapeutic option when patients with CIDP are resistant to conventional treatment.
