title: Neuropathy with susceptibility to compression aggravated by herniated disk. Early pathological and electrodiagnostic studies.
abstract: We describe a patient with a foot drop attributable to both herniated disk and peripheral neuropathy susceptible to external compression. Early electrodiagnostic studies and sural nerve biopsy indicated a role for myelin dysfunction in this disorder.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010543:Peroneal Nerve; D013497:Sural Nerve / Q000473:pathology