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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and mononeuropathy multiplex
Toshiharu Ijichi1, Manabu Muranishi, Kazuo Shimura
1Department of Neurology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. tijichi@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
Acta Haematologica
|September 17, 2003
Abstract:
Peripheral neuropathy is an uncommon complication of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). We report a 61-year-old man with ITP who developed acute-onset mononeuropathy multiplex. An electrophysiologic study revealed active axonal degenerative alteration, and a sural nerve biopsy showed axonal degeneration. Intraneural hemorrhage was suggested to be the most likely cause.