TY - JOUR T1 - Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a rare cause of falls JF - BMJ Case Reports JO - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2019-231676 VL - 12 IS - 12 SP - e231676 AU - Toni C Saad AU - William Owen Pickrell AU - Gareth Payne AU - Khalid Hamandi Y1 - 2019/12/01 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/12/e231676.abstract N2 - This case of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) shows that a patient’s condition can evolve from the point of admission, gradually manifesting its underlying cause. Our patient’s initial presentation of backpain and lower limb weakness prompted investigations which ruled out compressive myelopathy and neuropathy. As upper limb weakness developed later, along with a more proximal and symmetrical pattern of lower limb weakness, the clinical picture suggested polyneuropathy. The diagnosis of CIDP became apparent only after numerous negative tests and nerve conduction studies which identified demyelination. Diagnosing CIDP enabled the commencement of definitive treatment which led to a good recovery. ER -