Electrophysiological evaluation of peripheral and autonomic involvement in leprosy

The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. Le Journal Canadien Des Sciences Neurologiques
Aysun SoysalBaki Arpaci

Abstract

Motor and sensory nerve conductions, F responses, sympathetic skin responses and R-R interval variations (RRIV) were studied to determine the type of peripheral neuropathy among patients with leprosy. Twenty-nine consecutive patients with leprosy (25 male, 4 female) hospitalized in the "Istanbul Leprosy Hospital" between January - December, 1999 were included in this study. Ten patients had borderline lepromatous leprosy, and 19 had lepromatous leprosy. None of the patients studied had the tuberculoid form. The mean age was 55 +/- 12 years. The control group consisted of 30 (26 male, 4 female) healthy volunteers (mean age: 58.1 +/- 7.8 years). All subjects included in the study underwent neurological examination and electrophysiological evaluation. Standard procedures were performed for evaluating sensory and motor conduction studies. Motor studies were carried out on both left and right median, ulnar, tibial and common peroneal nerves while median, ulnar, sural and superficial peroneal nerves were examined for sensory studies. Sympathetic skin response recordings on both hands and RRIV recordings on precordial region were done in order to evaluate the autonomic involvement. The lower extremity was found to be more severely aff...Continue Reading

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