Peripheral facial nerve palsy (FNP) is a mononeuropathy that affects the peripheral part of the facial nerve. Primary causes of peripheral FNP remain largely unknown, but detectable causes include systemic infections (viral and others), trauma, ischemia, tumor, and extrinsic compression. Peripheral FNP in relation to extrinsic compression has rarely been described in case reports. Here, we repo...

The purpose of the study was to determine whether abnormal median sensory nerve conduction among asymptomatic workers was predictive of future symptoms suggestive of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). This was a prospective study involving 77 workers who were identified as asymptomatic cases with electrodiagnostic findings of median mononeuropathy compared to an age- and sex-matched control group. F...

Henoch-Schönlein purpura is an acute, self-limited vasculitis syndrome which shows characteristic skin, joint, renal and gastrointestinal manifestations. It is common in childhood and may also occur in adults with fatal complications such as nephritis and gastrointestinal bleeding. We experienced a case of a 20-year-old woman who presented with palpable purpura and severe arthritis. The histopa...

OBJECTIVE To examine the usefulness of the second lumbrical-interosseous (2L-INT) distal motor latency (DML) comparison test in localizing median neuropathy to the wrist in patients with absent median sensory and motor response in routine nerve conduction studies. METHODS Electrodiagnostic results from 1,705 hands of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) symptoms were reviewed retrospect...

The frequency of peripheral nerve involvement in sarcoidosis is uncertain. To determine how often peripheral nerves are affected in the absence of symptoms, electromyography was performed on 29 sarcoid patients and 29 age-matched controls. Nineteen sarcoid patients, compared to two controls, had abnormally low sensory amplitudes in one or more nerves, and the mean sensory amplitudes for median,...

We commend Gemignani and colleagues for important observations 1 on the prevalence of Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) in 104 patients with symptoms of exclusive small fiber neuropa-thy, peripheral neuropathy, or mononeuropathy multiplex. The co-occurrence of neuropathy and RLS has been studied from two standpoints in the past, without reaching a consensus: the frequency of neuropathy in RLS patien...

OBJECTIVE To study the utility of nerve biopsy in providing diagnostic, therapeutic or prognostic information that aid in clinical management in elderly subjects with peripheral neuropathy. METHODS Clinico-pathological data of 100 elderly subjects aged 65 and above with peripheral neuropathy who underwent nerve biopsy in the last decade (2002-2011) was reviewed. RESULTS The study included 1...

editorial The broad clinical spectrum of hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy (HNPP) H ereditaty neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy (HNPP) is an autosomal dominant neuropathy encompassing a broad clinical phenotype spectrum, which usually makes its diagnosis difficult in an exclusive clinical basis. Recurrent sensory and motor neuropathy in a single nerve beginning in...

Lymphoma causes various neurological manifestations that might affect any part of the nervous system and occur at any stage of the disease. The peripheral nervous system is one of the major constituents of the neurological involvement of lymphoma. In this study we characterized the clinical, electrophysiological and histopathological features of 32 patients with neuropathy associated with non-H...

PURPOSE/HYPOTHESIS Dental personnel including dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants have been reported as having a high prevalence of upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders, including carpal tunnel syndrome. Previous research has not involved dental assistant students at the onset of dental training. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the presence of median an...