Focal Peripheral Neuropathies

Fuller, Geraint

doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.suppl_2.ii20

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“…[1][2][3][4] It is caused by pressure, traction, compression, or ischemia to the ulnar nerve as it courses through the cubital tunnel at the medial aspect of the elbow. 5,6 Cubital tunnel syndrome is more common in patients whose work involves protracted periods of elbow flexion (such as holding telephones).…”

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Neurodynamic Mobilization in the Conservative Treatment of Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Long-Term Follow-Up of 7 Cases

Oskay

Meriç

Kırdı

et al. 2010

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

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Neurodynamic Mobilization in the Conservative Treatment of Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Long-Term Follow-Up of 7 Cases

Oskay

Meriç

Kırdı

et al. 2010

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

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“…Acute weight loss, major tranquiliser use, alcohol abuse, and occupational conditions were identified as likely causes of nerve palsies in mutation‐negative patients. These are well‐established causes of isolated or recurrent focal neuropathies (Pareyson et al ., ; Fuller , ) . The presence of a small number of patients with concomitant peripheral and central nervous system inflammatory involvement may reflect a referral bias, given the reported association of HNPP with central nervous system demyelination (Tackenberg et al ., ) .…”

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Mutational analysis of Greek patients with suspected hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP): a 15‐year experience

Karadima

Raftopoulou

Karletidi

et al. 2015

J Peripheral Nervous Sys

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There has been limited information from population studies regarding the overall frequency of the common 1.5-Mb 17p11.2 deletion and even scarcer data regarding the overall frequency of PMP22 micromutations in patients with a clinical suspicion of hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP). We have analysed 100 consecutive Greek patients referred for HNPP genetic testing over a 15-year period to our Neurogenetics Unit in Athens, a reference centre for all regions of Greece. All patients were screened for the 1.5-Mb deletion and a selected subgroup of deletion-negative patients for PMP22 micromutations. Mutation-positive and mutation-negative patients were compared for various clinical parameters. In total, 54 mutation-positive patients were identified. In index cases, the deletion frequency was 47.8%, and the PMP22 micromutation frequency was 2.2%. Within mutation-positive patients, the common deletion represented 95.7% and PMP22 micromutations 4.3% of cases. Two previously reported PMP22 micromutations (c.364_365delCC and c.79-2A>G) were detected. HNPP index cases had a 2.8-1 male-to-female ratio, similar to mutation-negative patients. A typical phenotype (recurrent or isolated palsies) was present in 82.4% of symptomatic HNPP cases, significantly higher than mutation-negative patients. Sensitivity of proposed electrophysiological diagnostic criteria for HNPP was calculated at 95.7% and specificity at 80.5%. In conclusion, the common HNPP deletion accounts for ∼50% and PMP22 micromutations for ∼2% of cases in a large consecutive cohort of patients with suspected HNPP. The mutational and phenotypic spectrum of HNPP is similar in the Greek population compared with other populations. Proposed electrophysiological diagnostic criteria perform satisfactorily in everyday clinical practice.

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“…The cornerstone of every confirmed and indisputable diagnosis is a scrupulous patient history and a methodical clinical and radiological assessment in order to gain information relevant to the initiation and progress of the clinical entity, as well as an excellent knowledge of anatomy and mechanisms of injury of peripheral nerves [53], especially when coping with symptoms that orient our clinical reasoning towards the neuropathy.…”

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Suprascapular Neuropathy: An Overview

Angoules¹,

Boutsikari²

2015

J Nov Physiother

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Objective: To present an overview on suprascapular neuropathy (SSN), a compressive neuropathy which leads to a significant upper extremity impairment. Methods: A narrative review of international medical literature was conducted in order to depict current concepts of diagnosis and treatment.Conlusion: Supracapular neuropathy is a rare albeit painful condition affecting mainly overhead athletes. Although not always observable as initial diagnosis it should be included in the differential diagnosis when assessing a shoulder dysfunction.

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Focal Peripheral Neuropathies

Cited by 7 publications

References 7 publications

Neurodynamic Mobilization in the Conservative Treatment of Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Long-Term Follow-Up of 7 Cases

Neurodynamic Mobilization in the Conservative Treatment of Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Long-Term Follow-Up of 7 Cases

Mutational analysis of Greek patients with suspected hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP): a 15‐year experience

Suprascapular Neuropathy: An Overview

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