장딴지신경 조직검사에서 재수초화 신경섬유가 현저하게 증가한 케네디병 = Kennedy Disease Showing Prominent Remyelinating Features of Sural Nerve

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

We report a 55-year-old man with chronic weakness of both legs with recently experienced nasal voice. Despite the absence of sensory symptoms, electrophysiologic studies revealed the presence of sensorimotor polyneuropathy. A sural-nerve biopsy showed remarkable reduction of large myelinated fibers with prominent remyelination. Intravenous immunoglobulin was administered due to suspected chronic demyelinating neuropathy, but had no effect. Abnormal trinucleotide-repeat expansion of the androgen receptor gene was subsequently detected in both the patient and his family. These observation indicate that prominent remyelinating features are not necessarily indicative of demyelinating neuropathy.

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