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Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Wertheim cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Unusual presentation of hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies. | Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury BioMed Central Case report Open Access Unusual presentation of hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies Muhammad U Farooq1 Jayne HW Martin1 and Michael T Andary 2 Address department of Neurology and Ophthalmology Michigan State University East Lansing MI USA and department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine East Lansing MI USA Email Muhammad U Farooq - muhammad.farooq@ht.msu.edu Jayne HW Martin - jayne.martin@ht.msu.edu Michael T Andary - andary@msu.edu Corresponding author Published 24 January 2008 Received 30 November 2007 Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury 2008 3 2 doi 10.1186 1749-7221-3- Accepted 24 January 2008 2 This article is available from http www.jbppni.com content 3 1 2 2008 Farooq et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http creativecommons.Org licenses by 2.0 which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies HNPP is an autosomal-dominant painless peripheral neuropathy characterized by episodes of repeated focal pressure neuropathies at sites of entrapment compression with a considerable variability in the clinical course. Electrodiagnostic and genetic testing are important in the diagnostic evaluation of these patients. Case presentation We report an unusual HNPP phenotype five compression neuropathies in four nerves in a patient with bilateral hand numbness. A 42-year-old female presented with acute bilateral paresthesias and weakness in her hands after starting yoga exercises requiring hyperextension of her hands at the wrists. Her presentation was complicated by a a remote history of acute onset foot drop and subsequent improvement b previous diagnoses of
