Cat Bite: An Unusual Cause of Foot Drop

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Cat Bite: An Unusual Cause of Foot Drop Maria del Mar Amador, MD, Gaëlle Bruneteau, MD, PhD, Bertrand Degos, MD, PhD  The American Journal of Medicine  Volume 129, Issue 5, Pages e9-e10 (May 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.01.018 Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure (A) Bite and scratch lesions (arrowheads) of the right knee (star) and (B) leg. (C) T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging study showing subcutaneous hyperintensity around the right fibular neck. (D) Contrast enhancement around and within the peroneal nerve (arrows). (E) Conduction block on right peroneal nerve across the fibular neck. The American Journal of Medicine 2016 129, e9-e10DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.01.018) Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions