Reversible Conduction Failure in Anti-lactosylceramide-antibody-positive Combined Central and Peripheral Demyelination

We describe a 60-year-old woman with combined central and peripheral demyelination who presented with obstinate constipation, weakness in the lower limbs, and a bilateral sensory disturbance below her chest followed by girdle sensation in the right region of the abdomen, which was responsive to ster...

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Main Authors: Masaya Harada, Shiroh Miura, Hiroshi Kida, Taiga Moritaka, Ken-ichi Irie, Takashi Kamada, Yusuke Uchiyama, Sayuri Shima, Tatsuro Mutoh, Tomoaki Hoshino, Takayuki Taniwaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2019.00600/full
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Summary:We describe a 60-year-old woman with combined central and peripheral demyelination who presented with obstinate constipation, weakness in the lower limbs, and a bilateral sensory disturbance below her chest followed by girdle sensation in the right region of the abdomen, which was responsive to steroid therapy and plasmapheresis. Serum anti-lactosylceramide antibody was positive without anti-neurofascin 155 antibody or anti-galactocerebroside antibody positivity. Two months later, the patient had a first relapse that was responsive to steroid treatment. A nerve conduction study confirmed reversible conduction failure (RCF) in both episodes. Our case is unique in that she had an RCF episode as well as some similarities to encephalomyeloradiculoneuropathy.
ISSN:1664-2295