Transverse myelitis and polymyositis associated with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.

Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) has been widely recognized to be associated with various neurological complications. In addition to the classical notion of APS as a thrombotic disorder, APS has been suggested to be an autoinflammatory disease as well. We present a previously healthy 46-year-old man who concurrently developed transverse myelitis and polymyositis whose laboratory studies were significant for the elevated antiphospholipid antibodies such as anti-cardiolipin (CL)/beta2-glycoprotein I (beta 2GPI) antibody.

Investigation of the new prediction method for Ht values during the plasma exchange.

There is a disorder that is called Guillain-Barre Symdrome(GBS). Currently, plasmapheresis and high-dose immunoglobulin therapy are used for GBS. Plasmapheresis is one of the blood purifications.

[A case of hyperglycemic neuropathy with possible dysfunction of axonal excitability].

A 66-year-old woman with SLE who recently started oral steroid was admitted to our hospital because of subacute numbness of the bilateral legs and gait disturbance, despite of the stable symptoms of SLE and its serology. Blood tests revealed hyperglycemia. Nerve conduction study showed decreased nerve conduction velocities consistent with demyelinative neuropathy.