Babar Masood Uz Zaman, Hakeem Haris, Khan Sara
Department of Neurology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Mar 27;2017:bcr2016219105. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-219105.
A man aged 22 years misdiagnosed as suffering from recurrent abdominal tuberculosis, in view of recurrent abdominal pain was treated for abdominal tuberculosis in the past. The patient was prescribed antituberculous therapy. 2 months after starting treatment, he developed progressive weakness of all 4 limbs. Electrodiagnostic examination revealed an acute severe motor axonal neuropathy. Further workup revealed elevated porphyrin precursors in urine.
一名22岁男性曾因反复腹痛被误诊为复发性腹部结核,过去接受过腹部结核治疗,当时给他开了抗结核治疗药物。开始治疗2个月后,他出现了四肢进行性无力。电诊断检查显示为急性严重运动轴索性神经病。进一步检查发现尿中卟啉前体升高。