title: Mononeuropathy multiplex with ulcerative colitis.
abstract: We describe acute mononeuropathy multiplex in a patient with chronic ulcerative colitis. The symptoms of neuropathy were well correlated with the disease activity of colitis. Both electrophysiological study and sural nerve biopsy revealed axonal degeneration. Mononeuropathy multiplex may be an extraintestinal manifestation of ulcerative colitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Kanto Teishin Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Okiyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Orimo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001369:Axons / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009410:Nerve Degeneration / Q000502:physiology; D009431:Neural Conduction; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013497:Sural Nerve / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology