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Ultrasonographic Tinel sign
Author(s) -
Chipman Joseph N.,
Mott Ryan T.,
Stanton Constance A.,
Cartwright Michael S.
Publication year - 2009
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.21461
Subject(s) - medicine , mononeuritis multiplex , sign (mathematics) , ultrasound , radiology , nerve biopsy , peripheral nerve , biopsy , electrodiagnosis , peripheral neuropathy , pathology , anatomy , disease , vasculitis , mathematical analysis , mathematics , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus
High‐resolution ultrasound has become increasingly useful in the evaluation of peripheral nerves. As we have gained experience, clinically helpful ultrasonographic signs have been detected. One of these is the ultrasonographic Tinel sign, in which paresthesias are produced when the transducer compresses a nerve lesion. This sign has not been previously described. We present a case in which the ultrasonographic Tinel sign helped accurately guide a nerve biopsy in a woman with mononeuritis multiplex. Muscle Nerve, 2009