Two Cases of Diabetic Thoracic Radiculopathy

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 8(2); 1990 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1990;8(2): 338-343.

당뇨병성 흉수분절 신경근병증 2례

김대성, 김상호,박규현,김상욱,강필중,김용기

부산대학교 신경과, 내과.

Two Cases of Diabetic Thoracic Radiculopathy

Dae Seung Kim, M.D., Sang Ho Kim, M.D., Kyu Hyun Park, M.D., Sang Wook Kim, M.D. Pil Joong Kang, M.D.*, Yong Ki Kim, M.D.*

Dep. Of Neurology & Internal Medicine*, Pusan National University

Abstract

Diabetic thoracic radiculopathy is not uncommon, but unfamiliar disease entity complicated by long standing diabetes mellitus. It is characterized by typical distressing sensory disturbances and lancinating pains on abdomen and flanks along the thoracic dermatomes in long-standing diabetic patients, which subsides spontaneously. Diagnosis is made by clinical findings and electrodiagnostic technics and other conditions that can affect thoracic spinal root level should be rulled out. With reviewing some literatures, we present two cases which showed the characteristic features of this disorder.