Ijichi Toshiharu, Muranishi Manabu, Shimura Kazuo, Inaba Toru, Fujita Naohisa, Oka Nobuyuki, Nakagawa Masanori
Department of Neurology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Acta Haematol. 2003;110(1):33-5. doi: 10.1159/000072412.
Peripheral neuropathy is an uncommon complication of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). We report a 61-year-old man with ITP who developed acute-onset mononeuropathy multiplex. An electrophysiologic study revealed active axonal degenerative alteration, and a sural nerve biopsy showed axonal degeneration. Intraneural hemorrhage was suggested to be the most likely cause.
