title: [Sensory neuropathy and primary biliary cirrhosis].
abstract: Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) may associate an axonal neuropathy, a somatic and autonomic neuropathy and a very infrequently sensory neuropathy (with or without xanthomata). The aim of this paper is to describe the case of a 46 year old man diagnosed with PBC in stage I-II and a progressive sensory neuropathy (axonopathy) confined to his upper limbs with distal predominance. It had progressed slowly an began asymmetrically. A complete clinical study excluded other causes of neuropathy. We followed him clinically and electromyographically and he remains stable after two years evolution. The sensory neuropathy in this case, a primary biliary cirrhosis, is compatible with an assymetric sensory neuropathy limited to the upper limbs with assymmetric beginning.
authors.affiliation: Servicios de Neurología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Escalante
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arpa
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sebastián de la Cruz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Santiago
mesh_terms: D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology