Question

A 55-year-old man with long-standing type 2 diabetes and hypertension presents with new onset numbness in his feet and poor balance. Neurological examination shows reduced vibration sense and absent ankle reflexes. How would you best describe this neuropathy?

Accepted Answer

Symmetric length-dependent sensorimotor polyneuropathy

Answer

Focal mononeuropathy

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Radiculopathy

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Guillain-Barré syndrome

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Myopathy

Practice question

A 55-year-old man with long-standing type 2 diabetes and hypertension presents with new onset numbness in his feet and poor balance. Neurological examination shows reduced vibration sense and absent ankle reflexes. How would you best describe this neuropathy?