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. 2013 May;25(5):539-42.
doi: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32835ceca6.

Peripheral neuropathy electrophysiological screening in inflammatory bowel disease

Asimenia Babali  1 , Aikaterini Terzoudi, Konstantinos Vadikolias, Vasileios Souftas, Konstantinos Kleitsas, Michail Pitiakoudis, Haritomeni Piperidou, Nikolaos Lirantzopoulos, Georgios Kouklakis
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Peripheral neuropathy electrophysiological screening in inflammatory bowel disease

Asimenia Babali et al. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013 May.

Abstract

Aim: Peripheral neuropathy is often described in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The aim of this study was to assess the need for neurophysiological testing in IBD patients without neurological symptoms or signs to detect early subclinical neuropathy and its possible correlations with clinical and demographic characteristics.

Materials and methods: Ninety-seven consecutive IBD patients were screened for neurological symptoms and clinical signs, and those without symptoms or signs were included. Also, patients with comorbidities associated with peripheral neuropathy or a history of neurological disease were excluded. The remaining 45 asymptomatic patients were tested electrophysiologically for peripheral nerve involvement.

Results: None of the examined patients showed evidence for subclinical neuropathy.

Conclusion: IBD patients with a normal neurological clinical examination and no symptoms have no evidence for neuropathy. Therefore, proper electrophysiological testing is not considered necessary.

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