Sensori-Motor Polyneuropathy Associated with Kaposi’s Sarcoma

Park, Sung-Jin; So, Jung-Min; Kim, Tae-Won; Cho, Hyun-Ji; Song, In-Uk; Chung, Sung-Woo; Park, Shin-Won; Kim, Young-Do

Case report

Korean Journal of Neuromuscular Disorders 2017;9(2):42-45.

Sung-Jin Park, Jung-Min So, Tae-Won Kim, Hyun-Ji Cho, In-Uk Song, Sung-Woo Chung, Shin-Won Park, Young-Do Kim

1Department of Neurology, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul; 2Department of Brain and Cognitive

카포시 육종과 동반한 다발성 감각운동말초신경병

박성진, 소정민, 김태원, 조현지, 송인욱, 정성우, 박신원, 김영도

가톨릭대학교 인천성모병원 신경과, 이화여자대학교 뇌인지과학연구소

Abstract

A 80-year-old man was admitted due to painful paresthesia and weakness on four extremities for three months. We diagnosed chronic progressive sensorimotor polyneuropathy of unknown cause and empirically treated with oral steroid. Six-weeks later, pruritic and erythematous papules and plaques were observed on his forearms and feet, the pathologic findings by skin biopsy were compatible with Kaposi's sarcoma. We suggest that progressive sensorimotor polyneuropathy of the patient could be attributed to Kaposi's sarcoma within the context of paraneoplastic process.