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Sensory neuropathy in the prodromal phase of hepatitis A and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Islam Shamsul,
McDonald Jennifer A
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2000.02206.x
Subject(s) - medicine , peripheral neuropathy , sensory neuropathy , sensory loss , presentation (obstetrics) , transverse myelitis , sensory system , hepatitis , myelitis , surgery , pathology , spinal cord , neuroscience , psychiatry , biology , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology
We report an unrecognized clinical presentation of hepatitis A with unilateral peripheral acute sensory loss in the prodromal phase of the illness. Although rare, focal neurological signs are known to occur in hepatitis A before, during and after the icteric phase; a pure peripheral sensory neuropathy is distinctly uncommon. Possible lesions could include radiculopathy of the lower thoraco–lumbo–sacral dorsal nerve roots or a partial transverse myelitis of Brown‐Séquad like distribution. The signs and symptoms lasted only a few days and the patient had an uneventful recovery.