Neurologic complications induced by gold treatment

Arthritis Rheum. 1983 Jul;26(7):825-31. doi: 10.1002/art.1780260702.

Abstract

Two patients developed a Guillain-Barre-like syndrome and a third suffered neuropathy and myokymia during therapy with sodium aurothiomalate. The cumulative dose at the time of development of neuropathy was different in all 3 cases. Evidence for gold toxicity was suggested by clinical, electromyographic, and histologic findings, as well as the disappearance of symptoms and signs on cessation of gold injections.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / drug therapy
  • Biopsy
  • Electromyography
  • Electrophysiology
  • Gold Sodium Thiomalate / adverse effects*
  • Gold Sodium Thiomalate / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscles / physiology
  • Nervous System Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Polyradiculoneuropathy / pathology
  • Sural Nerve / pathology

Substances

  • Gold Sodium Thiomalate