Two Cases of Diabetic Thoracic Radiculopathy.
- Author:
Dae Seung KIM
1
;
Sang Ho KIM
;
Kyu Hyun PARK
;
Sang Wook KIM
;
Pil Joong KANG
;
Yong Ki KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Pusan National University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Abdomen;
Diabetes Mellitus;
Diagnosis;
Humans;
Radiculopathy*;
Spinal Nerve Roots
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1990;8(2):338-343
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Diabetic thoracic radiculopathy is not uncommon, but unfamiliar disease entity complicated by long standing diabetes mellitus. It is characterized by typical distressing sensory disturbances and lancinating pains on abdomen and flanks along the thoracic dermatomes in long-standing diabetic patients, which subsides spontaneously. Diagnosis is made by clinical findings and electrodiagnostic technics and other conditions that can affect thoracic spinal root level should be rulled out. With reviewing some literatures, we present two cases which showed the characteristic features of this disorder.
