[Monozygotic twins with suspected hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy (HSAN) type V]

No To Hattatsu. 1999 Jan;31(1):63-9.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report a pair of 1-year-5-month-old female monozygotic twins with generalized loss of pain sensation, but without impairment of other sensory modalities and the diaphoretic function. Routine electrophysiological investigations revealed no abnormalities. Morphometric analysis of biopsied sural nerve showed that the number of small myelinated fibers was reduced and that of unmyelinated fibers was normal or mildly reduced. On the basis of these findings, we suspected a diagnosis of a rare disorder, HSAN type V, which has not previously been reported in Japan.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Diseases in Twins*
  • Electrophysiology
  • Female
  • Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathies / classification
  • Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathies / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / pathology
  • Sural Nerve / pathology
  • Twins, Monozygotic*