Bilateral superficial peroneal nerve entrapment secondary to anorexia nervosa: a case report

Teoman Toni Sevinç; Aydıner Kalacı; Yunus Doğramacı; Ahmet Nedim Yanat

doi:10.1186/1749-7221-3-12

Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury, Table of Contents

J Brachial Plex Peripher Nerve Inj 2008; 03(01): e109-e111
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7221-3-12

Case report

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Bilateral superficial peroneal nerve entrapment secondary to anorexia nervosa: a case report^[*]

Teoman Toni Sevinç

¹Dept. of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Mustafa Kemal University, Faculty of Medicine, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey

,

Aydıner Kalacı

¹Dept. of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Mustafa Kemal University, Faculty of Medicine, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey

,

Yunus Doğramacı

¹Dept. of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Mustafa Kemal University, Faculty of Medicine, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey

,

Ahmet Nedim Yanat

¹Dept. of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Mustafa Kemal University, Faculty of Medicine, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey

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Abstract

We report a case of severe weight loss secondary to anorexia nervosa causing bilateral superficial peroneal nerve entrapment in a young female patient who was treated successfully by bilateral surgical decompression.

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Bilateral superficial peroneal nerve entrapment secondary to anorexia nervosa: a case report[*]

Bilateral superficial peroneal nerve entrapment secondary to anorexia nervosa: a case report^[*]