Walter M. Kraus

INVOLVEMENT OF THE PERIPHERAL NEURONS IN DIABETES MELLITUS

Introduction Reports of Pathologic Conditions in the Literature Clinical Reports in the Literature (a) Polyneuritis (b) Mononeuritis (c) Motor Type (d) Sensory Type (e) Cranial Palsies Statistics of Personal Observations Explanation of the Site of Involvement Conclusions INTRODUCTION The object of this paper is to review critically the state of our knowledge of the site of involvement of the peripheral neurons in diabetes mellitus; to this will be added some data and opinions from my own experience with particular reference to the question of neuritis. REPORTS OF PATHOLOGIC CONDITIONS IN THE LITERATURE The pathologic reports are scanty and unsatisfactory. They may be roughly divided into those which place the lesion in the spinal cord and those which place it in the peripheral nerves. The last review is by Schweiger,1who discussed especially changes occurring in the intra-medullary sensory roots and posterior columns. Schweiger gathered the case reports of