PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Masood Uz Zaman Babar
AU  - Haris Hakeem
AU  - Sara Khan
TI  - Pure motor axonal neuropathy triggered by antituberculous therapy in an undiagnosed case of acute intermittent porphyria
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2016-219105
DP  - 2017 Mar 27
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - bcr2016219105
VI  - 2017
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2017/bcr-2016-219105.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2017/bcr-2016-219105.full
AB  - 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.