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2812328

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
Two patients with longstanding type II diabetes mellitus presented with focal, unilateral protrusion of the abdominal wall, thought to be due to abdominal hernia. They were evaluated extensively for intra-abdominal pathology but none was found. In one patient, the protrusion was associated with spontaneous burning pain and hyperpathia, but in the other it was painless. In the patient seen during the acute phase there was denervation in paraspinal and abdominal muscles on EMG examination. In both patients, the protrusion subsided without specific treatment in 2 to 4 months. This seldom-described manifestation of diabetic truncal neuropathy masquerading as abdominal hernia needs a higher profile to avoid misdiagnosis and unnecessary investigation. Diagnosis may be quickly established by EMG examination of the paraspinal and abdominal muscles.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0028-3878
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1488-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Diabetic truncal neuropathy presenting as abdominal hernia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University, School of Medicine, New Orleans 70112.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports