Publications by authors named "Toshimi Okushima"
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- A 53-year-old woman with severe chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) experienced progressive paralysis and respiratory failure despite standard treatments.
- After switching to high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin therapy (IVIg), her muscle weakness showed gradual improvement.
- This case suggests that patients with refractory CIDP might benefit from high-dose IVIg, even if standard treatments fail.
We report a patient with hypertrophic pachymeningitis and symptomatic stenosis of the superior sagittal sinus. A 71-year-old man presented with right hemiparesis, sensory-dominant aphasia, and right hemispatial neglect that had been worsening over 2 weeks. Computed tomography showed isodense crescent-shaped lesions deforming the surface of the left cerebral hemisphere, mimicking a subdural hematoma with atypical perifocal edema in the left parietal lobe.
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