TY - JOUR
AU - Murthy, JMK
AB - Images High- resolution ultrasound features of greater auricular nerve in leprosy 1 1 2 1 Muralidhar Reddy Y , Lalitha Pidaparthi, Vijaya Tourani, Anusha Penneru, JMK Murthy Neurology, Care Hospital A 42- yr- male presented with left foot drop of 2 months Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, duration. General examination showed enlarged Telangana, India 2 greater auricular nerve (GAN) and hypoanesthetic Pathology, Care Hospital patch over dorsum of left leg (figure 1A,B). Neuro- Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India logical examination showed thickened left common peroneal nerve (CPN) at fibular neck and weak dorsi- Correspondence to flexors of left leg. Electrophysiological study showed Dr Muralidhar Reddy Y, left CPN involvement. High- resolution ultrasound Figure 2 (A–C) Clinical photograph showing patient Neurology, Care Hospital (HRUS) of nerves was done with 15–7 MHz hockey- Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, positioning and technique of scanning GAN(A- B); stick transducer on Philips HD15 machine. GAN was Telangana 500034, India; Normal appearance of GAN shown by arrow over muralidharnims@ gmail. com enlarged bilaterally with completely effaced fascicular sternocleidomastoid muscle (C). architecture and thickened epineurium (figure 1C–F). Received 15 March 2020 HRUS also revealed enlarged left CPN and distorted examining nerve, as it courses superiorly over ster- Accepted 19 March 2020 
TI - High-resolution ultrasound features of greater auricular nerve in leprosy
JF - Postgraduate Medical Journal
DO - 10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-137703
DA - 2020-03-30
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/high-resolution-ultrasound-features-of-greater-auricular-nerve-in-LlJuW032xA
SP - 443
EP - 443
VL - 96
IS - 1137
DP - DeepDyve
ER -