Polyneuropathy secondary to ciguatoxin poisoning.
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.
Sozzi
G
G
Divisione di Neurologia, Ospedale di Lecco.
Marotta
P
P
Aldeghi
D
D
Tredici
G
G
Calvi
L
L
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
D008387:Marine Toxins