EC Neurology

Dejerine-Sottas disease (DSD) also called progressive hypertrophy interstitial neuropathy is a congenital polyneuropathy with results in sensory and motor symptoms. It affects the peripheral nerves of the extremities as well as cranial nerves in 15% of cases. The role of imaging isn't well documented in recent literature due to the important scarcity of this disease. We report the case of a woman with a confirmed diagnosis of DSD as well as the MRI's role in the process. Even though the imagining features aren't specific they may strongly direct the diagnosis into a smaller pool of neuromotor diseases.

Keywords: Dejerine-Sottas Disease; Neuropathy; MRI; Imaging; Congenital; Motor; Sensory

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