Pudendal nerve involvement in patients with hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy.
Pudendal nerve involvement was demonstrated by electromyography of perineal muscles and by recordings of their direct and reflex responses on perineal electrical stimulation in 10 patients with hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy. Patients reported no defecation disturbances and the 6 men had good erections. Urinary stress incontinence was seen in those 2 (of 4) female patients who had delivered.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004576:Electromyography; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D009477:Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathies / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000294:innervation* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010502:Perineum / Q000294:innervation* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012021:Reflex, Abnormal / Q000503:physiopathology; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000209:etiology