[Neuropathy with non-alcoholic thiamine deficiency: two cases of bladder disorders].
BACKGROUND
Neuropathy with non-alcoholic thiamine deficiency is reported in the literature, but bladder disorders are rarely detailed.


METHODS
We report two cases of bladder disorders in neuropathy with thiamine deficiency. One patient presented with a flaccid bladder and impaired sensation; the postvoid residual volume was raised. The other patient had reduced bladder capacity, with detrusor hyperreflexia and detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia. In both cases, the bladder disorders disappeared with thiamine supplementation.


CONCLUSIONS
Bladder symptoms may be heterogeneous in nonalcoholic neuropathy. The prognosis is good after vitamin supplementation.
Mazevet
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Service de médecine physique et de réadaptation, hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47, boulevard de l'hôpital, 75675 Paris cedex 13, France. dominique.mazevet@psl.ap-hop-paris.fr
Vassilev
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Perrigot
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013831:Thiamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013832:Thiamine Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
D013831:Thiamine