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Intraneural cyst of the peroneal nerve

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A 15-year-old girl was referred to us because of foot drop. The motor deficit was characterized by a peculiar fluctuating course related to sporting activity: improvement of symptoms during no-sport periods and worsening during sport training. Neurophysiological examination revealed marked global impairment of muscles innervated by the peroneal nerve. Ultrasound and MRI showed a mass in close proximity to the neck of the fibula extending in a tubular fashion. At operation an intraneural lesion was found and was totally removed. Histology revealed that it was an intraneural cyst. A hypothesis on the pathogenesis was drawn up. One year after the operation a clinical and neurophysiological follow-up was performed.

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  1. Institute of Orthopaedics, Catholic University Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy, , , , , , IT

    Lorenzo Aulisa, Francesco Tamburrelli, R. Padua & Stefano Lupparelli

  2. Institute of Neurology, Catholic University Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy, , , , , , IT

    Pietro Tonali & Luca Padua

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  1. Lorenzo Aulisa
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  2. Francesco Tamburrelli
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Received: 2 April 1997 Revised: 27 May 1997

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Aulisa, L., Tamburrelli, F., Padua, R. et al. Intraneural cyst of the peroneal nerve. Child's Nerv Syst 14, 222–225 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003810050216

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