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[A women with aplastic anemia developed chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy]
Masaaki Abe1, Fumitaka Shimizu2, Munehisa Suzukawa3
1Department of Neurology, Tokuyama Central Hospital.
Abstract:
A 66-year-old female developed chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) one year after the diagnosis of aplastic anemia. High-dose intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) therapy, followed by IVIg maintenance therapy, rapidly improved her weakness and hyperesthesia in four extremities. In addition, pancytopenia caused by aplastic anemia also improved following IVIg treatment in parallel. This is the first report to show the co-existence of CIDP and aplastic anemia, and a common pathomechanism may be present in these two rare autoimmune disorders.
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