Motor and Sensory Peripheral Neuropathy in a Patient Came after Acute Carbon Monoxide Intoxication: a Case Report with Magnetic Resonance Image

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, and non-irritating gas produced as a result of incomplete combustion of carbon-containing fuels and materials. CO can affect all tissue organs including the brain, heart, kidney, skeletal muscle, skin, peripheral nerve, etc. (1). The clinical presentation of CO poisoning are variable and nonspecific. It is well-known about CO intoxication of brain related to impaired cognitive function, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and delayed neurological syndrome. But it has been rarely documented about the musculoskeletal complication after CO intoxication such as rhabdomyolysis, myonecrosis or peripheral neuropathy (1, 2). To the best of our knowledge, image finding of peripheral neuropathy after CO intoxication has not even been described. So we reported a rare case of peripheral neuropathy in left lower extremity after CO intoxication with the imaging features of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).