title: Polyneuropathy secondary to ciguatoxin poisoning.
abstract: Following ingestion of marine fish in Thailand this patient complained of gastrointestinal and neurological disturbances, marked by severe, mainly motor, demyelinating polyneuropathy, which worsened on her return to Italy a few days later. The clinical pattern, electromyography, cerebrospinal fluid test and sural nerve biopsy by electronmicroscopy permitted the diagnosis of polyneuropathy secondary to ciguatoxin poisoning.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Neurologia, Ospedale di Lecco.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sozzi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marotta
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aldeghi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tredici
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Calvi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D036841:Ciguatera Poisoning; D005260:Female; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008387:Marine Toxins / Q000506:poisoning*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D008387:Marine Toxins