Trithiozine polyneuropathy: clinical, neurophysiological and histopathological study of three cases

Ital J Neurol Sci. 1981 Aug;2(3):291-6. doi: 10.1007/BF02335410.

Abstract

3 peptic ulcer patients, treated for a few weeks with Trithiozine, developed polyneuropathy. The histopathological patterns in the 2 patients in whom sural nerve biopsy was done presented wallerian degeneration of the axons of the myelinated fibers, especially those of larger caliber. The evidence for a iatrogenic toxic etiology is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy
  • Electromyography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Morpholines / adverse effects*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / pathology
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / physiopathology
  • Sural Nerve / pathology

Substances

  • Morpholines
  • trithiozine