Psoriatic arthritis-associated polyneuropathy: a report of three cases.
Psoriatic arthritis (PA) occurs in about 30% of patients with psoriasis. Although polyneuropathy is described in association with many connective tissue diseases, it is rarely reported in the autoimmune dermatoses. We describe 3 patients with polyneuropathy associated with PA. The clinical and electrophysiologic features are consistent with a chronic distal symmetric sensorimotor axonal process. PA-associated neuropathy should be considered in the differential diagnosis of chronic length-dependent axonal polyneuropathies.
Narayanaswami
Pushpa
P
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Neurology, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Chapman
Kristine M
KM
Yang
Michele L
ML
Rutkove
Seward B
SB
D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000150:complications*; D004576:Electromyography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000150:complications*; D012189:Retrospective Studies