BACKGROUND In unilateral neuropathic pain. e.g. after peripheral nerve injury, both positive and negative sensory signs occur often, accompanied by minor but equally directed contralateral sensory changes. To mimic this feature, we experimentally aimed to induce concomitant c-fibre sensitization and block in healthy subjects and analyzed the bilateral sensory changes by quantitative sensory tes...

spinal cord compression due to extramedullary hematopoiesis is a well-described and rare syndrome encountered in several hematological disorders including β-thalassemia. hereby, a 37-year old pregnant woman with intermediate β -thalassemia with paraparesis and lower limb hypoesthesia was presented. mri showed soft tissue masses in both sides of thoracic paraspinal area. histologically, a mixtur...

Key Terms Anesthesia Paresthesia Hypoesthesia Hyperesthesia Analgesia Hypalgesia Remedial treatment Compensatory treatment Vision Visual perception Visual acuity Oculomotor control Visual fields Visual attention Visual scanning Pattern recognition Visual memory Visual cognition Myopia Hyperopia Presbyopia Astigmatism Cataracts Macular degeneration Glaucoma Hypertension Diabetic retinopathy Macu...

PURPOSE To report a case of bilateral ulnar neuropathy as an extraocular complication following retinal detachment surgery and face-down positioning. METHODS Case report. RESULTS Bilateral hypoesthesia and numbness of the 4th and 5th finger started 2 weeks after vitrectomy for retinal detachment and face-down positioning. Due to progressive symptoms 6 months later, unilateral ulnar nerve de...

background: few reports represent palmar cutaneous nerve neuropathy in the wrist due to a ganglion cyst. case presentation: a 25-year-old female was presented with a mass at volar side of the wrist and hypoesthesia at the base of thenar eminence. at ulrasonographic examination, a simple cyst was detected. sensory response of palmar cutaneous branch of median nerve was absent at the affected sid...