Migrant sensory neuritis (Wartenberg Syndrome)

Synonyms:

a.k.a. Wartenberg Syndrome:

Clinical features:

decreased sensation in individual cutaneous nerves. i.e. sensory mononeuropathy multiplex. Precipitated by stretching the limb and preceded by pain. Normal motor

Findings on investigations:

+NCS: axonal pattern in involved nerves

Pathology, nerve biopsy:

Endoneurium: increased connective tissue, fascicular Wallerian degeneration or inflammatory infiltrate

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