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7870111

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-3-28
pubmed:abstractText
The clinical picture of lead neuropathy was classically described as a painless progressive motor neuropathy with axonal loss. The literature review fails to demonstrate a consensus on the site of axonal loss. This is an EMG report of a patient who developed a late lead neuropathy after a shotgun injury. A 69-year-old Filipino, healthy, male nondrinker sustained a shotgun injury to his left elbow. Nineteen years later he developed abdominal pain, followed by generalized weakness, distal greater than proximal in the extremities, and impaired pin-prick, proprioception, and two-point discrimination. He became nonambulatory and totally dependent in daily activities. He was lost to follow-up for 2 years until January 1993 when he presented with a blood lead level of 84 micrograms/dL. EMG examination revealed a sensorimotor peripheral polyneuropathy with severe axonal loss. This case demonstrates that axonal loss is the predominant feature in lead neuropathy and the location of pathology is in the peripheral nerves.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0148-639X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
326-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
An EMG case report of lead neuropathy 19 years after a shotgun injury.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Functional Restoration, Stanford University, California.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports