Metabolic syndrome is a constellation of conditions that together increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, stroke, and cardiovascular problems, including heart attack. The features of metabolic syndrome ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common peripheral entrapment neuropathy resulting from compression ... symptoms ‘consistent with’ CTS (but not necessarily including mononeuropathy), or other distal ...

What is Zollinger-Ellison syndrome? Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES) is a rare digestive disorder. If you have ZES, you likely have 1 or more tumors in the first part of the small intestine, the ...

Asperger's syndrome refers to a high-functioning form of autism. Although it was once classified as its own condition, Asperger’s is no longer an official diagnosis in the Diagnostic and ...

In cases of mononeuropathy, just one nerve is affected. It may also affect the autonomic nerves responsible for controlling functions such as digestion, the bladder, blood pressure, and heart rate.

Mononeuropathy, or focal neuropathy ... called carpal tunnel syndrome. Your healthcare provider will check for focal neuropathies by asking about your symptoms and performing tests to check ...

The other differentials include sciatic mononeuropathy, lumbosacral plexopathy, intraneural lesions (schwannomas, neurilemmomas), HNPP and diabetic lumbosacral radiculoplexus neuropathy (DLRPN).6 7 9 ...

a pattern of asymmetric multiple mononeuropathy. Furthermore, the presence of neural thickening, although not an exclusive clinical sign of leprosy neuropathy, contributes significantly to diagnosis, ...

In POEMS syndrome, nerve enlargement may be seen at sites of nerve entrapment but is uncommon ... and there is overlap of values with healthy populations. Unlike findings in entrapment mononeuropathy, ...

Department of Neurology, The Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2JF, UK Correspondence to: Dr M Hadjivassiliou, Department of Neurology, The Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop ...