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.