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Table 1 Nerve conduction studies (NCS)

From: Isolated unilateral palatal and vocal cord palsy as an initial presentation of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy

NCS 02 September 2018

NCS 16 September 2018

Motor nerve conduction study

Nerve

Latency (ms)

Amplitude (mV)

CV (m/s)

Latency (ms)

Amplitude (mV)

CV (m/s)

 Left median

  Wrist

5.3

2.2

48.3

NR

NR

NR

  Elbow

9.7

2.1

    

 Right median

  Wrist

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

  Elbow

      

 Left ulnar

  Wrist

3.7

5.6

41.9

4.3

0.3

NR

  Below elbow

8.9

5.5

 

NR

NR

 

 Right ulnar

  Wrist

4.6

4.0

46

5.3

1.0

44

  Below elbow

9.6

3.9

 

10.4

0.5

 

 Left peroneal

  Ankle

4.2

7

41.4

6.3

1.0

40.2

  Head of fibula

14.2

5.3

 

14.8

0.5

 

 Right peroneal

  Ankle

4.3

3.6

33.3

6.9

0.7

NR

  Head of fibula

16.2

1.7

 

NR

NR

 

 Left tibial

  Ankle

3.9

15.1

33.5

8.5

0.7

40.2

  Popliteal fossa

16.6

6.9

 

17.4

NR

 

 Right tibial

  Ankle

4.4

10.4

33.9

7.6

0.5

33.5

  Popliteal fossa

16.6

5.1

 

18.1

0.5

 

F waves

Latency (ms)

Latency (ms)

 Left median

37.5

  

NR

  

 Right median

NR

  

NR

  

 Left ulnar

33.3

  

46.4

  

 Right ulnar

33.5

  

NR

  

 Left peroneal

53.1

  

56.9

  

 Right peroneal

52.3

  

61.0

  

 Left tibial

59.0

  

66.6

  

 Right tibial

60.0

  

69.7

  

Sensory nerve conduction study

 Sensory nerves

Peak latency

Amplitude (mV)

CV

Peak latency

Amplitude (mV)

CV

  Right median

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

  Left median

2.4

6.7

58.8

NR

NR

NR

  Right ulnar

3.8

5.8

32.6

NR

NR

NR

  Left ulnar

2.5

7.3

48.4

NR

NR

NR

  Right sural

2.3

6.0

53.9

NR

NR

NR

  Left sural

2.4

6.1

59.4

NR

NR

NR

  1. NCS 1: The motor nerve conduction studies show normal distal latency with normal CMAP amplitude distally in both ulnar and tibial. There are prolonged latency in the left median and both peroneal nerves with reduced amplitudes distally with normal conduction velocities (CV). The right median nerve was in- elicitable. F wave latency is prolonged in left median nerve with rest being normal. Sensory nerve conductions show absent SNAP in right median with normal peak latency and conduction velocity in both ulnar and sural nerves
  2. NCS 2: The motor nerve conduction studies showed prolonged distal latencies in both ulnar, tibial and peroneal nerves with reduced amplitudes distally and conduction block with more than 50% reduction in amplitude on proximal stimulation in right ulnar nerve with reduced conduction velocities. F wave latencies are prolonged in bilateral tibial and peroneal nerves with absent F wave latency in the bilateral median and right ulnar nerves. Sensory nerve conductions being non-recordable in all tested nerves
  3. NCS nerve conduction studies, CV conduction velocity, NR not recordable