TY - JOUR
KW - Adrenal Cortex Hormones
KW - Aged
KW - Aspirin
KW - Clofazimine
KW - Dapsone
KW - Diagnosis, Differential
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Leprostatic Agents
KW - leprosy
KW - Macrophages, Peritoneal
KW - Mycobacterium lepraemurium
KW - Rifampin
AU - Gabelle A
AU - Vallat J M
AU - Flageul B
AU - Andre P
AU - Camu W
AB - <p>The diagnostic process of sensory-motor neuropathies is difficult. Atypical variants and rare etiologies also contribute to delay the diagnosis. We report the case of a 70-year-old woman with slowly progressive asymmetric axonal sensory-motor neuropathy. Leprosy was identified after an eight-year delay. Nerve biopsy was required to establish the diagnosis: electron microscopy revealed debris of Hansen's bacillus in the nerve. Treatment was fully curative after several months. Leprosy is a rare cause of neuropathy in Europeans. Systematic inquiry about travel to endemic areas would be helpful in establishing the diagnosis. In such cases, nerve biopsy is crucial.</p>
BT - Revue neurologique
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18808760?dopt=Abstract
DA - 2008 Nov
DO - 10.1016/j.neurol.2007.11.004
IS - 11
J2 - Rev. Neurol. (Paris)
LA - fre
N2 - <p>The diagnostic process of sensory-motor neuropathies is difficult. Atypical variants and rare etiologies also contribute to delay the diagnosis. We report the case of a 70-year-old woman with slowly progressive asymmetric axonal sensory-motor neuropathy. Leprosy was identified after an eight-year delay. Nerve biopsy was required to establish the diagnosis: electron microscopy revealed debris of Hansen's bacillus in the nerve. Treatment was fully curative after several months. Leprosy is a rare cause of neuropathy in Europeans. Systematic inquiry about travel to endemic areas would be helpful in establishing the diagnosis. In such cases, nerve biopsy is crucial.</p>
PY - 2008
SP - 964
EP - 8
T2 - Revue neurologique
TI - [Sensory-motor neuropathy: a slow and misleading case of leprosy].
VL - 164
SN - 0035-3787
ER -