Nine-year case history of monofocal motor neuropathy.
A 36-year-old man had a 6-year history of progressive left hand and finger extension weakness. Extensive electrophysiological studies showed only a partial motor conduction block along the left radial nerve at the mid-arm. Several intravenous immunoglobulin treatments were clinically successful. A 3-year follow-up did not show any clinical or electrophysiological involvement of other nerves. A monofocal motor neuropathy, as a variant of multifocal motor neuropathy, was diagnosed.
Department of Neurological Sciences, University Federico II of Naples, Via Sergio Pansini 5, Naples, Italy.
Fiore
F
Manganelli
Chiara
C
Pisciotta
Rosa
R
Iodice
Sara
S
Calandro
Lucio
L
Santoro
D000328:Adult; D004568:Electrodiagnosis; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D016472:Motor Neuron Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology; D011826:Radial Nerve / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology
D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous