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  • Title: Comparison of Lewis-Sumner syndrome with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy patients in a tertiary care centre.
    Author: Fargeot G, Maisonobe T, Psimaras D, Debs R, Lenglet T, Adams D, Vandendries C, Labeyrie C, Viala K.
    Journal: Eur J Neurol; 2020 Mar; 27(3):522-528. PubMed ID: 31574194.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Whether the Lewis-Sumner syndrome (L-SS) is a distinct entity from other types of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP-ot) remains controversial. METHOD: The clinical/electrophysiological characteristics and long-term outcomes of 45 L-SS and 35 CIDP-ot patients were retrospectively compared. RESULTS: The CIDP-ot group was composed of 11 patients with a typical CIDP, 17 with a pure sensory form, four with a distal form and three with a pure motor form. In the L-SS group, asymmetric (P < 0.001) and monomelic involvement (P = 0.04) of the upper limbs (P < 0.001) was significantly more frequent; paucisymptomatic forms (Overall Neuropathy Limitations Scale ≤ 1) were less frequent (P < 0.001); electroneuromyography showed that conduction block in intermediate nerve segments was the main demyelinating feature, with frequent F-wave abnormalities on nerves without conduction block (44%). Long-term prognosis was globally poorer in the L-SS group with more frequent aggravation during treatment (P = 0.02), less frequent treatment withdrawal (P = 0.03) and longer time to achieve successful withdrawal (39 vs. 15 months). CONCLUSIONS: Our study suggests that L-SS patients have a less favourable therapeutic response rate and long-term outcomes. Rapid differentiation of L-SS from other forms of CIDP is important in order to anticipate a more complicated disease course management, with from one side the inefficacy or even harmfulness of corticosteroids and from the other side a difficult weaning procedure. A prospective study is necessary to confirm these results.
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