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Case Report
Volume 9, Number 3, September 2020, pages 89-92
Severe Peripheral Neuropathy From Treatment With Arsenic Trioxide in a Patient Suffering From Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
Table
| October 18 | January 19 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latency (ms) | Amplitude (mV) | Conduction velocity (m/s) | Latency (ms) | Amplitude (mV) | Conduction velocity (m/s) | ||
| UR: Uncertain response; NR: No response. | |||||||
| Motor nerve conduction studies | |||||||
| Median nerve | |||||||
| Wrist | Musculus abductor pollicis brevis-wrist | 3.6 | 7.1 | 3.8 | 7.7 | ||
| Elbow | Wrist-elbow | 8.1 | 6.9 | 49 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 50 |
| Ulnar nerve | |||||||
| Wrist | Musculus abductor digiti min-wrist | 2.8 | 9.2 | 2.1 | 9 | ||
| Below elbow | Wrist-below elbow | 5.2 | 7.3 | 63 | 5.6 | 8.6 | 64 |
| Proximal elbow | Below elbow-proximal elbow | 7.5 | 8.2 | 48 | 7 | 8.7 | 57 |
| Tibial nerve | |||||||
| Ankle | Musculus abductor hallucis-ankle | 3.9 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 2.8 | ||
| Popliteal fossa | Ankle-popliteal fossa | 12.4 | 0.1 | 43 | 13.2 | 0.5 | 42 |
| Peroneus profundus nerve | |||||||
| Ankle | Musculus extensor digiti brevis-ankle | 3.7 | 0.4 | 5.4 | 0.5 | ||
| Capitulum fibulae | Ankle-caput fibulae | 11.9 | 0.3 | 35 | 12.1 | 0.6 | 39 |
| Poples | Caput fibulae-poples | 14.4 | 0.3 | 38 | 13.9 | 0.6 | 49 |
| Sensory nerve conduction studies | |||||||
| Median nerve | |||||||
| Index finger (F2) | Wrist-index finger (F2) | 2.7 | 4.8 | 56 | 2.8 | 8 | 54 |
| Middle finger (F3) | Wrist-middle finger (F3) | 2.8 | 4.2 | 56 | 3 | 6.7 | 52 |
| Ulnar nerve | Wrist-little finger (F5) | 2.6 | 4 | 54 | 2.3 | 8.3 | 54 |
| Radial nerve | Forearm-tabatiere | 1.1 | 13.9 | 75 | 1.8 | 7.8 | 68 |
| Peroneus superior nerve | Lateral crus-ankle | 2.2 | 0.7 | 39 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 38 |
| Sural nerve | Sura-lateral malleolus | UR | UR | UR | NR | NR | NR |