Table 2 |
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| Neuropathic pain diagnoses in 46 patients with probable or definite neuropathic pain | |||
| NP diagnoses | Probable NP N = 30 | Definite NP N = 16 | Method(s) of confirming definite NP diagnosis |
| Lumbar radiculopathy | 20 | 8 | ENMG (4), lumbar MRI (4) |
| Thoracic radiculopathy | 1 | ||
| Cervical radiculopathy | 2 | 1 | cervical MRI |
| Painful polyneuropathy | 0 | 2 | ENMG (2), gene test* (1) |
| Peripheral nerve entrapment # | 4 | 3 | ENMG |
| Peripheral nerve lesion ¤ | 3 | 2 | ENMG |
NP = neuropathic pain.
* confirming the diagnosis of hereditary polyneuropathy.
# compression of median nerve in 3 and ulnar nerve in 2, tarsal tunnel syndrome in 1.
¤ lesion of peroneal nerve 2, ulnar nerve in 1, cervical plexus in 1 and trigeminal nerve in 1.
Gauffin et al. BMC Neurology 2013 13:21 doi:10.1186/1471-2377-13-21
