Nine-year case history of monofocal motor neuropathy

Muscle Nerve. 2008 Jul;38(1):927-9. doi: 10.1002/mus.21005.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Electrodiagnosis
  • Electromyography
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Motor Neuron Disease / drug therapy
  • Motor Neuron Disease / pathology*
  • Motor Neuron Disease / physiopathology
  • Motor Neurons / physiology
  • Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / physiology
  • Neural Conduction / physiology
  • Radial Nerve / pathology
  • Radial Nerve / physiopathology

Substances

  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous