A glove-and-stocking pattern of anesthesia most likely is caused by
a. polyneuritis. c. brain lesion.
b. spinal cord lesion. d. hysteria.
A
The loss of touch sensation in the hands and lower legs (glove and stocking anesthesia) is abnormal. Glove and stocking anesthesia is common in polyneuritis of any cause. Expect spinal cord lesions to inhibit vibratory sense or present as anesthesia, paresthesia, or dysesthesia. Brain lesions are not indicated in glove and stocking anesthesia. Hysteria is associated with unilateral loss of all enteroceptive sensation.
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