Misdiagnosis and diagnostic pitfalls of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of over- and underdiagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) and to identify related diagnostic pitfalls.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective study in Dutch patients referred to the Erasmus University Medical Centre Rotterdam between 2011 and 2017 with either a diagnosis of CIDP or another diagnosis that was revised to CIDP. We used the European Federation of Neurological Societies/Peripheral Nerve Society (EFNS/PNS) 2010 diagnostic criteria for CIDP to classify patients into three groups: overdiagnosis, underdiagnosis, or confirmed diagnosis of CIDP. Clinical and laboratory features and treatment history were compared between groups.

Results

A referral diag

SUBMITTER: Broers MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8252611 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature