Schwannomas are common, benign nerve tumors originating from the sheath of peripheral nerves. In this article, a 54 year old woman suffered from sudden onset motor and sensory deficit at her first radial three fingers on her right hand. Radiological investigations were normal. Electromyography diagnosed a median nerve entrapment neuropathy and urgent surgery was performed. Interestingly, a hemo...

A bovine shunt, inserted between the radial artery and cephalic vein in the upper arm for access during chronic haemodialysis, caused a distal, ischaemic neuropathy in two patients. There were electrophysiological signs of axonal degeneration of motor and sensory nerve fibres in the patient with severe ischaemia, and, of only sensory fibres in the patient with mild ischaemia. Thenar muscle bloo...

A 24-year old female patient with the history of pressure ulcers in distal extremities resulted in severe deformity will be reported. Her disease started when she was 9 years old and a similar history was found in her brother. In physical examination, pain and temperature sensations were impaired in distal extremities. Nerve conduction velocity showed impaired sensory and normal motor responses...

background: diabetic peripheral neuropathy (dpn) accounts for 80% of diabetic foot ulceration; therefore neurologic examination plays a critical role in screening at risk patients. our objective was assessment the prevalence of dpn and related factors based on clinical findings. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 124 diabetics who were randomly recruited from diabetes clinic o...

OBJECTIVE To study the process of denervation-reinnervation in multifocal motor neuropathy with persistent conduction blocks in clinically affected and unaffected muscles. METHOD Volitional single fibre electromyography (SFEMG) was performed in the extensor digitorum communis (EDC) of seven patients. The jitter, the fibre density, and the mean interpotential interval were determined. The resu...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of radial extracorporeal shockwave treatment with that of supervised exercises in patients with shoulder pain. DESIGN Single blind randomised study. SETTING Outpatient clinic of physical medicine and rehabilitation department in Oslo, Norway. PARTICIPANTS 104 patients with subacromial shoulder pain lasting at least three months. INTERVENTIONS Radia...