• Jaqueline Luvisotto Marinho, José Luis Alonso Nieto, and Edenilson Eduardo Calore.
• Laboratory of Surgical and Experimental Pathology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Brazil. jackluvis@ig.com.br
• Sao Paulo Med J. 2003 Sep 1; 121 (5): 207209207-9.

ContextHereditary peripheral neuropathies (hereditary motor-sensory neuropathies or hereditary demyelinating neuropathies) are abnormalities of Schwann cells and their myelin sheaths, with peripheral nerve dysfunction. They include Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Dejerine-Sottas disease, congenital hypomyelinating neuropathy and hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy.ObjectiveThe objective of the present work was to describe a case of Dejerine-Sottas disease.Case ReportA 9-year-old boy presented progressive slight motor deficit in the lower limbs, particularly in the feet, and generalized hyporeflexia. Electromyography disclosed significant reduction in motor and sensory nerve conduction velocities. Sural nerve biopsy showed axons surrounded by a thin myelin sheath and concentrically arranged cytoplasmic processes of Schwann cells forming onion-bulbs. No axon damage was observed.

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