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Aga Khan University

Section of Nephrology

2002

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Ischemic Monomelic Neuropathy: A Complication Of Vascular Access Procedure, Malik Anas Rabbani, Aasim Ahmad, Syed Mansoor Ahmed Shah, Tahseen Mozzaffar, Mahesh Moolani, Syed Sohail Ali Jan 2002

Ischemic Monomelic Neuropathy: A Complication Of Vascular Access Procedure, Malik Anas Rabbani, Aasim Ahmad, Syed Mansoor Ahmed Shah, Tahseen Mozzaffar, Mahesh Moolani, Syed Sohail Ali

Section of Nephrology

Ischemic monomelic neuropathy (IMN) is an infrequently recognized type of ischemic neuropathy produced by shunting blood or acute occlusion of a major proximal artery in the extremities. IMN predominantly occurs in diabetic patients with evidence of peripheral atherosclerotic vascular disease and neuropathy. We report a case of ischemic monomelic neuropathy occurring in a diabetic patient with end-stage renal disease following the placement of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft as a vascular access in the proximal upper arm for chronic hemodialysis.