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Entrapment neuropathy of common peroneal nerve by fabella: A case report.
World Journal of Clinical Cases 2023 October 7
BACKGROUND: Neuropathy of the common peroneal nerve caused by compression by a fabella is an extremely rare form of compression neuropathy. Involving both the superficial and deep peroneal nerves, it usually manifests as either impaired sensation from the lower lateral leg to the top of the foot or drop foot, or as a combination of both.
CASE SUMMARY: We report the case of a 58-year-old Asian female who presented with inversion of the right foot during the stance phase of gait without sensory complaints related to the lower leg. Electrodiagnostic testing revealed the neuropathy of the common peroneal nerve at the level of the knee, exclusively affecting the muscular branch of the superficial peroneal nerve. A neuromuscular ultrasound disclosed swelling of the right common peroneal nerve just before it crossed over a large fabella as well as atrophy and fatty infiltration of the right peroneus longus and peroneus brevis muscles. Surgical excision of the fabella and neurolysis were performed. Subsequently, the strength of the right foot evertors improved, but the unsteady gait with occasional falls persisted for nine months after the surgery. Therefore, another procedure was performed to transfer the split posterior tibialis tendon to the peroneus brevis in order to correct the gait.
CONCLUSION: This is the first case of neuropathy of the common peroneal nerve caused by compression by a fabella affecting exclusively the muscular branch of the superficial peroneal nerve. Clinicians should be aware of this unusual peripheral neuropathy while evaluating and treating patients with gait disturbance.
CASE SUMMARY: We report the case of a 58-year-old Asian female who presented with inversion of the right foot during the stance phase of gait without sensory complaints related to the lower leg. Electrodiagnostic testing revealed the neuropathy of the common peroneal nerve at the level of the knee, exclusively affecting the muscular branch of the superficial peroneal nerve. A neuromuscular ultrasound disclosed swelling of the right common peroneal nerve just before it crossed over a large fabella as well as atrophy and fatty infiltration of the right peroneus longus and peroneus brevis muscles. Surgical excision of the fabella and neurolysis were performed. Subsequently, the strength of the right foot evertors improved, but the unsteady gait with occasional falls persisted for nine months after the surgery. Therefore, another procedure was performed to transfer the split posterior tibialis tendon to the peroneus brevis in order to correct the gait.
CONCLUSION: This is the first case of neuropathy of the common peroneal nerve caused by compression by a fabella affecting exclusively the muscular branch of the superficial peroneal nerve. Clinicians should be aware of this unusual peripheral neuropathy while evaluating and treating patients with gait disturbance.
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