PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - M Baba AU - H Takada AU - H Miura AU - T Okushima AU - M Matsunaga TI - "Pseudo" hypertrophic neuropathy of childhood. AID - 10.1136/jnnp.58.2.236 DP - 1995 Feb 01 TA - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry PG - 236--237 VI - 58 IP - 2 4099 - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/58/2/236.short 4100 - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/58/2/236.full SO - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1995 Feb 01; 58 AB - A 9 year old boy had chronic progressive motor-sensory neuropathy that started in early infancy. He had enlarged nerves and pes cavus deformity. Motor conduction studies showed very dispersed, polyphasic compound muscle action potentials with conduction velocities around 2 m/s. A sural nerve biopsy showed severe loss of myelinated fibres. Two months of treatment with corticosteroids restored muscle power. During this time the enlarged nerves became normal and electrophysiological recovery was achieved. Chronically acquired neuropathy in infancy is strikingly similar to genetically determined neuropathy.