High-resolution ultrasound in a severe peripheral neuropathy with intraneural perineurioma: a special case
A Borchert, W Paulus, P Young, M Schilling · Klinische Neurophysiologie · 2010 · Heft 03
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Introduction: Progress in ultrasound techniques enables its use for diagnostics of peripheral nerve diseases. Sonography is useful for neuro-imaging to get additional information about peripheral nerves, especially if electrophysiology approaches are limited. In a special case of a severe neuropathy ultrasound provided important data and allowed short-term re-examination. Case-report: We present a 27-year-old female patient with a progressive sensorimotor neuropathy of the legs since her early childhood. Physical examination revealed a severe peroneal atrophy with high-grade paresis of extension and flexion of f…