Checkpoint: Tip of the Iceberg: When NCS Suggests Other Pathology-Session recording

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This video features a series of case studies presented by Lidia Onofre and Candy Dolan from the University of Utah. They discuss different patients and their symptoms, as well as the electrodiagnostic findings and diagnoses. In the first case, a patient with numbness and weakness in the ulnar digits is diagnosed with severe diffuse sensory and motor polyneuropathy, primarily axonal with secondary demyelination features. The second case involves a patient with stubborn carpal tunnel syndrome who is later diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) after new symptoms arise. The third case focuses on a patient who developed numbness and tingling in the feet after ankle surgery. They are diagnosed with a peroneal mononeuropathy on top of a possible sciatic neuropathy. The fourth case features a patient with weakness and hand pain who is initially diagnosed with chronic C8 T1 radiculopathy, but is later diagnosed with multifocal mononeuropathy. The fifth case involves a patient with weakness and finger abduction weakness following a bike accident. They are diagnosed with an ulnar motor neuropathy at the wrist. Overall, these case studies highlight the importance of considering various diagnoses and conducting thorough electrodiagnostic assessments when evaluating patients with neurological symptoms.

Keywords

case studies

Lidia Onofre

Candy Dolan

University of Utah

patients

symptoms

electrodiagnostic findings

polyneuropathy

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

CMT

carpal tunnel syndrome

CTS

CMT

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

Charcot-Marie-Tooth