Femoral Neuropathy in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Femoral mononeuropathy (FMN) as an extraarticular finding of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a phenomenon which has not been reported previously. We report a 53-year-old female patient with RA, presenting FMN findings during the course of the disease. On examination, right quadriceps and iliopsoas musc...

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Autores principales: Genc, Hakan, Balaban, Ozlem, Karagoz, Aynur, Erdem, Hatice Rana
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2007
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2628161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17963353
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2007.48.5.891
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author Genc, Hakan
Balaban, Ozlem
Karagoz, Aynur
Erdem, Hatice Rana
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description Femoral mononeuropathy (FMN) as an extraarticular finding of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a phenomenon which has not been reported previously. We report a 53-year-old female patient with RA, presenting FMN findings during the course of the disease. On examination, right quadriceps and iliopsoas muscles showed grade 3 weakness on the Medical Research Council (MRC) scale. Sensory examination revealed sensory loss in the right medial leg and thigh. Patellar tendon reflex was absent in the right side. A diagnosis of a partial right femoral neuropathy was confirmed using nerve conduction study and electromyography. The probable mechanism of FMN was thought to be vasculitis.
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spelling pubmed-26281612009-02-02 Femoral Neuropathy in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis Genc, Hakan Balaban, Ozlem Karagoz, Aynur Erdem, Hatice Rana Yonsei Med J Case Report Femoral mononeuropathy (FMN) as an extraarticular finding of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a phenomenon which has not been reported previously. We report a 53-year-old female patient with RA, presenting FMN findings during the course of the disease. On examination, right quadriceps and iliopsoas muscles showed grade 3 weakness on the Medical Research Council (MRC) scale. Sensory examination revealed sensory loss in the right medial leg and thigh. Patellar tendon reflex was absent in the right side. A diagnosis of a partial right femoral neuropathy was confirmed using nerve conduction study and electromyography. The probable mechanism of FMN was thought to be vasculitis. Yonsei University College of Medicine 2007-10-31 2007-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC2628161/ /pubmed/17963353 http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2007.48.5.891 Text en Copyright © 2007 The Yonsei University College of Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Genc, Hakan
Balaban, Ozlem
Karagoz, Aynur
Erdem, Hatice Rana
Femoral Neuropathy in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis
title Femoral Neuropathy in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis
title_full Femoral Neuropathy in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis
title_fullStr Femoral Neuropathy in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis
title_full_unstemmed Femoral Neuropathy in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis
title_short Femoral Neuropathy in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis
title_sort femoral neuropathy in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2628161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17963353
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2007.48.5.891
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