Spontaneous ischemic neuropathy of the sciatic nerve due to arterial occlusion – a rare cause of acute neuropathy not to be missed, a report of two cases

Table 1 Motor and sensory nerve conduction studies of both patients

NCS	Nerve		Right	Left	Normal values (lab/specific)
Patient 1	Peroneal Nerve	CMAP (mV) NCV (m/s)	1.0 38	3.7 45	2.5 40
	Tibial Nerve	CMAP (mV) NCV (m/s)	2.9 44	7.4 60	5 37
	Sural Nerve	SNAP (uV) NCV (m/s)	8 35	22 43	4 43
Patient 2	Peroneal Nerve	CMAP (mV) NCV (m/s)	n.d	0.1 41	2.5 40
	Tibial Nerve	CMAP (mV) NCV (m/s)	n.d	Absent	5 37
	Sural Nerve	SNAP (uV) NCV (m/s)	n.d	3 44	4 43

NCS Nerve conduction studies, CMAP Compound muscle action potential, NCV Nerve conduction velocity, SNAP Sensory nerve action potential, n.d. Not done

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