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Hypophosphatemia‐induced neuropathy: Clinical and electrophysiologic findings
Author(s) -
Siddiqui Muhammad F.,
Bertorini Tulio E.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199805)21:5<650::aid-mus14>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - hypophosphatemia , medicine , peripheral neuropathy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus
Severe hypophosphatemia has rarely been reported as a cause of acute paralysis. We present the clinical and electrophysiological findings on a patient who developed quadriparesis following several surgeries for complicated cholecystectomy. The paralysis was most likely the result of severe hypophosphatemia causing a neuropathy which improved readily after proper phosphate replacement. The possible pathogenic mechanisms of hypophosphatemic neuropathy are discussed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Muscle Nerve 21:650–652, 1998.