Superior gluteal neuropathy associated with metastatic adenocarcinoma

Shin, Ji-Nam

doi:2004.2.1.85

J Med Life Sci > Volume 2(1); 2004 > Article

Original Article

Journal of Medicine and Life Science 2004;2(1):85-89.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22730/jmls.2004.2.1.85 Published online June 30, 2004.

전이성 선암에 동반된 상둔신경병증 1례

신지남

제주대학교 의학대학 재활의학교실

Superior gluteal neuropathy associated with metastatic adenocarcinoma

Ji-Nam Shin

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Cheju National University, Jeju 690-756, Korea

Correspondence: Ji-Nam Shin, Email: mk447hc@yahoo.co.kr

Abstract

Superior gluteal neuropathy is an uncommon disorder caused by trauma, injection, surgery, external compression and rarely by neoplasm. This is the first case report of superior gluteal neuropathy associated with metastatic adenocarcinoma fr이n unknown origin. An 84-year-old woman with hip pain and digital gangrene, diagnosed as superior gluteal neuropathy combined with subclinical sensory polyneuropathy on electromyography and nerve conduction study, later proved to have a metastatic adenocarcinoma from unknown origin to pelvis. Tlie digital gangrene was diagnosed as a paraneoplastic acral vascular syndrome. In conclusion a metastatic adenocarcinoma as a hidden malignancy can be a possible cause of superior gluteal neuropathy.

Key Words: superior gluteal, paraneoplastic syndrome, metastatic adenocarcinoma, polyneuropathy