Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy with papillodema and response to immunoglobulins.

Said A. El-Zunni; Parampalli S. Prakash; Khalil M. Saitti; Mohammed A. El-Zunni

Abstract

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy is considered as a chronic form of Guillain-Barre syndrome differing from it in response to steroids, course and prognosis. Papillodema although rare is not an uncommon feature. Here we report a case of florid papillodema in a patient of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, discuss the underlying mechanisms in relation to cerebrospinal fluid pressure and protein content and response to intravenous immunoglobulins.

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