PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Toni C Saad
AU  - William Owen Pickrell
AU  - Gareth Payne
AU  - Khalid Hamandi
TI  - Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a rare cause of falls
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2019-231676
DP  - 2019 Dec 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - e231676
VI  - 12
IP  - 12
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/12/e231676.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/12/e231676.full
SO  - BMJ Case Reports2019 Dec 01; 12
AB  - 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.