Bilateral superficial peroneal nerve entrapment secondary to anorexia nervosa: a case report

Teoman Toni Sevinç , Aydıner Kalacı , Yunus Doğramacı and Ahmet Nedim Yanat

Dept. of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Mustafa Kemal University, Faculty of Medicine, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey

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Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury 2008, 3:12doi:10.1186/1749-7221-3-12


Published:	27 April 2008

Abstract

We report a case of severe weight loss secondary to anorexia nervosa causing bilateral superficial peroneal nerve entrapment in a young female patient who was treated successfully by bilateral surgical decompression.