High-resolution sonography of the common peroneal nerve: detection of intraneura

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Neurology. 2006 Oct 24;67(8):1473-5.

High-resolution sonography of the common peroneal nerve: detection of

intraneural ganglia.

Visser LH.

Department of Neurology, St. beth Hospital, PO Box 90151, 5000 LC

Tilburg, The Netherlands.

We performed sonographic examination of the common peroneal nerve in

41 consecutive patients with a footdrop to determine whether there was

a structural lesion of the peroneal nerve. Five of the 28 patients

(18%) with an isolated peroneal mononeuropathy had an intraneural

ganglion of the peroneal nerve confirmed by histology. High-resolution

sonography should be considered in patients with nontraumatic peroneal

palsy.