Understanding the cause and improving the treatment of CIDP requires refining its subtypes into homogeneous entities.1 The paper by Ikeda et al is a further step in this direction.2 They classified ...

The sural nerve, positioned beneath the skin’s surface in the back of your lower leg, plays a critical role in your body’s sensory network. As a component of the peripheral nervous system ...

My doctor ordered blood work, biopsy without telling me the cost. Now I’m staring at a $3,100 bill — and I’m not sure if insurance will cover it all. What do I do if I’m being overcharged?

She also had a sural nerve biopsy, which showed segmental demyelination with onion bulbs and large-sized myelin reduplication. Again, genetic testing showed she had a deletion in the PMP22 gene, ...

A detailed history and nerve conduction studies help make the diagnosis of mononeuritis multiplex, but a nerve biopsy is often required to identify the underlying cause. ... Hematoxylin and ...

Objective To evaluate the clinical and pathological correlations characterising each clinical subtype of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP). Methods We assessed 106 ...

Nerve conduction studies should include at least four peripheral nerves, with stimulation of median, ulnar, peroneal, and sural nerves performed on the same side. If criteria are not met, the same ...

A new study has assessed the usefulness of sural nerve biopsies in the diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). The study, published in Clinical Neurophysiology, found ...

Researchers found more severe neuropathy — specifically, small fiber damage to the skin and cornea — in patients with type 1 diabetes who experienced painful diabetic neuropathy as opposed to those ...

Increased cross-sectional area (CSA) of sural nerve, documented by ultrasound (US), has been revealed in small fibers neuropathy, ... Sommer C. Nerve and skin biopsy in neuropathies. Curr Opin Neurol.

Herrero San Martín A, Alcalá-Galiano A. Schwannoma of the posterior tibial nerve in a patient with schwannomatosis and a novel mutation of the LZTR1 gene. Neurologia. 2019;S0213-4853(19)30114-8. [Epub ...