title: [The so-called turnip-harvester palsy--a rare differential diagnosis today].
abstract: This is a report on a student of biology of 25 years of age who presented with left-sided pareses in the innervated area of the n. peronaeus communis after having remained in a squatting position for several hours for withdrawing and processing water samples. Aspects of differential diagnosis are discussed with particular reference to the so-called turnip-harvester's pressure palsy syndrome, a neuropathy triggered by occupational stress caused by out-dated plucking or digup methods for beets and potatoes. This syndrome is now rare, and the authors deliberate on its etiology.
authors.affiliation: Neurologische Universitäts-Klinik und Poliklinik Marburg.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schröter
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Braune
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Huffmann
mesh_terms: D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D009132:Muscles / Q000294:innervation; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010543:Peroneal Nerve / Q000293:injuries*; D011187:Posture
vernacular_title: Die sogenannte Rübenzieherlähmung--eine heute seltene Differentialdiagnose.