Acute uremic polyneuropathy in a patient with Alzheimer’s disease
https://doi.org/10.30629/2658-7947-2022-27-6-84-88
Abstract
The article presents a case of acute uremic neuropathy. Without any visible cause, a 71-year-old patient felt weakness in legs and numbness in feet. Her neurological status assessment on admission to the hospital showed peripheral tetraparesis and impaired sensitivity of the polyneuropathic type. Neurological symptoms appeared due to renal dysfunction, which had been confi rmed with laboratory test. Electroneuromyography revealed signs of acute demyelinating polyneuropathy. Аt the hospital, the patient was diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease. The treatment provided at the hospital led to normalization of her laboratory parameters and complete restoration of motor functions. The peculiarity of the presented clinical case is that the patient started violating drinking regime due to her cognitive impairment which resulted in renal dysfunction and acute uremic neuropathy. The other peculiarity of the case is that it was enough to correct the water-electrolyte disorders to fully restore the patient’s motor functions within a month, without the use of dialysis. Finally, the article discusses the issue of pathogenesis and diff erential diagnosis of other types of polyneuropathies.
About the Authors
S. A. Mamykina
I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University) Ministry of Health of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
A.Ya. Kozhevnikov Clinic of Nervous System Diseases, Department of Nervous System Diseases and Neurosurgery
Moscow
V. V. Oganov
I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University) Ministry of Health of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
A.Ya. Kozhevnikov Clinic of Nervous System Diseases, Department of Nervous System Diseases and Neurosurgery
Moscow
O. N. Voskresenskaya
I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University) Ministry of Health of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
A.Ya. Kozhevnikov Clinic of Nervous System Diseases, Department of Nervous System Diseases and Neurosurgery
Moscow
V. V. Grinyuk
I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University) Ministry of Health of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
A.Ya. Kozhevnikov Clinic of Nervous System Diseases, Department of Nervous System Diseases and Neurosurgery
Moscow
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Mamykina S.A., Oganov V.V., Voskresenskaya O.N., Grinyuk V.V. Acute uremic polyneuropathy in a patient with Alzheimer’s disease. Russian neurological journal. 2022;27(6):84-88. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30629/2658-7947-2022-27-6-84-88
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