Difference between revisions of "Neuromuscular pathology"

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*[[Leprosy]] (Leprous neuropathy).
*[[Leprosy]] (Leprous neuropathy).
*[[Sarcoidosis]].
*[[Sarcoidosis]].
*CMV neuritis in immuncompromised patients.
*[[Vasculitis]].
*Neuropathy with macrophage-induced demyelination (CIDP, GBS).
*Neuropathy with macrophage-induced demyelination (CIDP, GBS).
**Guillain–Barré syndrome.
 
**Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP).<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case426.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case426.html]. Accessed on: 14  
====Guillain–Barré syndrome====
*Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP)
*Preceding infection (RSV, EBV, CMV, HIV, Mycoplasma).
*Monophasic course of motor / sensory deficits.
*Hours to 4 weeks.
*Elevated CSF protein but normal cell count.
*Mononuclear ednoneurial perivascular inflammatory infiltrate (mostly CD4+ve).
*Destructive myelin stripping by macrophages.
*Reduced fiber density.
*Uncompacted myelin / Widely spaced myelin.
 
====Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)====
*Progredient course longer than 8 weeks.<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case426.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case426.html]. Accessed on: 14  
November 2010.</ref>
November 2010.</ref>
***Destructive myelin stripping by macrophages.
 
***Uncompacted myelin / Widely spaced myelin.
*CMV neuritis in immuncompromised patients.
*[[Vasculitis]].


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