Hypothermia-induced reversible polyneuropathy: electrophysiologic evidence of axonopathy

A K Afifi; J Kimura; W E Bell

doi:10.1016/0887-8994(88)90025-2

Hypothermia-induced reversible polyneuropathy: electrophysiologic evidence of axonopathy

Pediatr Neurol. 1988 Jan-Feb;4(1):49-53. doi: 10.1016/0887-8994(88)90025-2.

Authors

A K Afifi¹, J Kimura, W E Bell

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City 52240.

PMID: 2852939
DOI: 10.1016/0887-8994(88)90025-2

Abstract

A 2 1/2-year-old child developed peripheral polyneuropathy following exposure to hypothermia. Serial electrophysiologic studies over the next 10 months revealed progressive recovery from severe axonopathy. The literature on cold-induced neuropathy is reviewed. The two electrophysiologic studies reported previously in cold-induced polyneuropathy patients are discussed and compared with findings of our patient.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Action Potentials
Axons* / physiopathology
Child, Preschool
Humans
Hypothermia / etiology*
Hypothermia / physiopathology
Male
Neural Conduction
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / etiology*
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / physiopathology