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Electrical spinal cord stimulation for painful peripheral neuropathy secondary to coeliac disease
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Editor,—Spinal cord stimulation has been used for pain relief in patients with painful diabetic neuropathies.1 Coeliac disease is associated with varied neurological complications (5–8%) including ataxia, peripheral neuropathy, myelopathy, myopathy, and dementia.2 We report the novel use of electrical spinal cord stimulation for the management of chronic painful peripheral neuropathy secondary to coeliac disease.
A 47 year old man presented to the pain clinic with an 11 year history of generalised aches and pains in the lower limbs. However, …