TY - JOUR
T1 - Autonomic dysfunction in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
AU - Figueroa, J. J.
AU - Dyck, P. J.B.
AU - Laughlin, R. S.
AU - Mercado, J. A.
AU - Massie, R.
AU - Sandroni, P.
AU - Dyck, P. J.
AU - Low, P. A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by National Institutes of Health (NS 32352 Autonomic Disorders Program Project, NS 44233 Pathogenesis and Diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy, U54 NS065736 Autonomic Rare Disease Clinical Consortium) , Mayo CTSA (UL1 RR24150) , NIH Research Training Grant T32 HD07447 , and Mayo Funds to Dr. Low. The Autonomic Diseases Consortium is a part of the NIH Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN). Funding or programmatic support for this project has been provided by U54 NS065736 from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS) and the NIH Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke or the National Institutes of Health.
PY - 2012/3/6
Y1 - 2012/3/6
N2 - Objectives: Autonomic deficits in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) have not been adequately quantitated. The Composite Autonomic Severity Score (CASS) is a validated instrument for laboratory quantitation of autonomic failure derived from standard autonomic reflex tests. We characterized dysautonomia in CIDP using CASS. Methods: Autonomic function was retrospectively analyzed in 47 patients meeting CIDP criteria. CASS ranges from 0 (normal) to 10 (pandysautonomia), reflecting summation of sudomotor (0-3), cardiovagal (0-3), and adrenergic (0-4) subscores. Severity of neurologic deficits was measured with Neuropathy Impairment Score (NIS). Degree of small fiber involvement was assessed with quantitative sensation testing. Thermoregulatory sweat test (TST) was available in 8 patients. Results: Patients (25 men) were middle-aged (45.0 ± 14.9 years) with longstanding CIDP (3.5 ± 4.3 years) of moderate severity (NIS, 46.5 ± 32.7). Autonomic symptoms were uncommon, mainly gastrointestinal (9/47; 19%) and genitourinary (8/47; 17%). Autonomic deficits (CASS ≤1) were frequent (22/47; 47%) but very mild (CASS, 0.8 ± 0.9; CASS ≤3, all cases). Deficits were predominantly sudomotor (16/47; 34%) and cardiovagal (10/47; 21%) with relative adrenergic sparing (4/47; 9%). TST was abnormal in 5 of 8 patients (anhidrosis range, 2%-59%). Sudomotor impairment was predominantly distal and postganglionic. Somatic deficits (disease duration, severity, small fiber deficits) did not predict presence of autonomic deficits. Conclusion: Our data characterize the autonomic involvement in classic CIDP as mild, cholinergic, and predominantly sudomotor mainly as a result of lesions at the distal postganglionic axon. Extensive or severe autonomic involvement (CASS ≤4) in suspected CIDP should raise concern for an alternative diagnosis.
AB - Objectives: Autonomic deficits in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) have not been adequately quantitated. The Composite Autonomic Severity Score (CASS) is a validated instrument for laboratory quantitation of autonomic failure derived from standard autonomic reflex tests. We characterized dysautonomia in CIDP using CASS. Methods: Autonomic function was retrospectively analyzed in 47 patients meeting CIDP criteria. CASS ranges from 0 (normal) to 10 (pandysautonomia), reflecting summation of sudomotor (0-3), cardiovagal (0-3), and adrenergic (0-4) subscores. Severity of neurologic deficits was measured with Neuropathy Impairment Score (NIS). Degree of small fiber involvement was assessed with quantitative sensation testing. Thermoregulatory sweat test (TST) was available in 8 patients. Results: Patients (25 men) were middle-aged (45.0 ± 14.9 years) with longstanding CIDP (3.5 ± 4.3 years) of moderate severity (NIS, 46.5 ± 32.7). Autonomic symptoms were uncommon, mainly gastrointestinal (9/47; 19%) and genitourinary (8/47; 17%). Autonomic deficits (CASS ≤1) were frequent (22/47; 47%) but very mild (CASS, 0.8 ± 0.9; CASS ≤3, all cases). Deficits were predominantly sudomotor (16/47; 34%) and cardiovagal (10/47; 21%) with relative adrenergic sparing (4/47; 9%). TST was abnormal in 5 of 8 patients (anhidrosis range, 2%-59%). Sudomotor impairment was predominantly distal and postganglionic. Somatic deficits (disease duration, severity, small fiber deficits) did not predict presence of autonomic deficits. Conclusion: Our data characterize the autonomic involvement in classic CIDP as mild, cholinergic, and predominantly sudomotor mainly as a result of lesions at the distal postganglionic axon. Extensive or severe autonomic involvement (CASS ≤4) in suspected CIDP should raise concern for an alternative diagnosis.
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U2 - 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182494d66
DO - 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182494d66
M3 - Article
C2 - 22357716
AN - SCOPUS:84860791801
SN - 0028-3878
VL - 78
SP - 702
EP - 708
JO - Neurology
JF - Neurology
IS - 10
ER -