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Combination of acute diabetic neuropathies following intensive glycaemic management
Weverton Carlos Da Silva Teixeira1, José Pedro Soares Baima2, Angelina Maria Martins Lino2
1Department of Neurology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil weverton.teixeira@hc.fm.usp.br.
Abstract:
While acute and monophasic diabetic neuropathy variants are considered relatively uncommon, diabetes mellitus affects over 6% of the global population, with more than 50% experiencing some form of diabetic neuropathy. Treatment-induced neuropathy of diabetes is an iatrogenic, transient neuropathy characterised by small fibre involvement precipitated by rapid glycaemic control. Diabetic lumbosacral radiculoplexus neuropathy is an asymmetric, predominantly motor neuropathy of the lower limbs, typically starting with localised leg pain. We present a 59-year-old man manifesting features of both conditions following a 12.5% decrease in glycated haemoglobin over 3 months.
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