REVERSIBLE NEUROPATHY IN CHRONIC-RENAL-FAILURE

Chronic renal failure is associated with distal symmetrical axonal neu ropathy. We report a 50-year-old man who suffered from chronic renal f ailure due to benign enlargement of the prostate. He presented with fe ver and rapidly developing pure motor neuropathy. The nerve conduction velocity was slow and the F response delayed, suggestive of demyelina ting neuropathy. A sural nerve biopsy specimen was also consistent wit h demyelination and axonal changes. This patient improved significantl y following intermittent catheterization and a short course of norflox acin. Renal failure may be associated with reversible motor neuropathy .