CASE SERIES ON FOOT DROP

Foot drop results in high steppage gait, where they raise the affected leg higher off the ground by exaggerated flexion at the hip and knee, to permit the toes to clear during the stride phase. Here we present 5 different cases of foot drop. First case due to lumbo sacral disc disease, second due to Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (AIDP), one another due to parasagittal meningioma and the other two because of leprosy and neurofibromatosis-II respectively. Since the site of lesion for foot drop may extend from cortex to peripheral nerve and muscle thorough examination and a wider differential diagnosis should be kept in order for quick diagnosis and early intervention that helps in patient recovery