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Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy combined with schwannomas of the median and medial plantar nerves
Author(s) -
Heckmann Josef G.,
Dütsch Matthias,
Buslei Ralf
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/mus.20641
Subject(s) - medicine , palsy , median nerve , plantar pressure , physical medicine and rehabilitation , surgery , anatomy , pathology , alternative medicine , system of measurement , physics , astronomy
A 42‐year‐old woman was surgically treated for carpal tunnel syndrome, revealing schwannoma of the median nerve. A year later, she developed a tarsal tunnel syndrome. At time of this diagnosis, hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP) was diagnosed genetically and a schwannoma of the medial plantar nerve was treated surgically. The occurrence of HNPP and schwannomas in the same patient might be purely coincidental, but it is tempting to speculate that they share a common genetic basis. Muscle Nerve, 2006