Lightning pains," which most commonly affect the lower extremities, are the characteristic symptoms of tabes dorsalis and can occur in 75-90% of patients. [13, 27] Damage to the posterior column ...

Jun 1, 2011 · Pains of tabetic crisis are described as "recurrent paroxysmal attacks of severe abdominal pain with and without vomiting, occurring in patients suffering with tabes dorsalis.

Subsequently in 1868, Charcot described neuropathic arthropathy in a patient with tabes dorsalis.

Nov 6, 2023 · [The 'Tabes Syphilis Controversy' : A Dispute About the Cause of Tabes Dorsalis and Progressive Paralysis at the End of the 19th Century ...

Jun 27, 2007 · Her evaluation included a search for known causes of intermittent, nonsurgical abdominal pain; results of tests for porphyria, tabes dorsalis, urinary calculi, abdominal epilepsy, and familial ...

Clinical examination should begin with checking pulses in the lower limbs — femoral, popliteal, dorsalis pedis, and posterior tibial — to determine whether the ulcer is venous or arterial.

The numerator for the right leg is the higher of the two systolic ankle pressures (posterior tibial or dorsalis pedis) in the right leg.

The dorsalis pedis pulse is reported to be absent in 8.1% of healthy individuals, and the posterior tibial pulse is absent in 2.0%.