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Diabetic truncal neuropathy: Topography of the sensory deficit
Author(s) -
Stewart John D.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410250305
Subject(s) - dysesthesia , medicine , sensory system , dorsum , diabetes mellitus , diabetic neuropathy , distribution (mathematics) , sensory neuropathy , neurological deficit , anatomy , surgery , neuroscience , biology , endocrinology , mathematics , mathematical analysis
The distributions of sensory abnormalities in 17 episodes of diabetic truncal neuropathy among 7 patients with diabetes mellitus are described. The patterns are highly variable: the distribution of adjacent main spinal nerves may be involved, resulting in a complete dermatomal band of dysesthesia, but almost two‐thirds of the episodes were restricted to the distribution of the ventral or dorsal rami of the spinal nerves or branches of these rami or varying combinations of these distributions.