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sural nerve biopsy
Indications:
- the sural nerve is a convenient nerve to biopsy in the assessment of neuromuscular disorders
- mononeuritis multiplex
- foot drop
- demyelinating syndromes
Clinical significance:
- sural nerve is generally preferred specimen for nerve biopsy
a) purely sensory
b) easily obtained
Related
sural nerve (short or external saphenous nerve)
General
nerve biopsy
References
- Prada V, Massucco S, Venturi C et al
Diagnostic Value of Sural Nerve Biopsy: Retrospective Analysis of Clinical Cases
From 1981 to 2017.
Front Neurol. 2019 Nov 22;10:1218. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2019.01218. eCollection 2019.
PMID: 31824401 PMCID: PMC6884026 Free PMC article.
- Chambers AR, Song K
Sural Nerve Biopsy
StatPearls [Internet]. NCBI Books
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK551645/