"Stork Legs"

"Stork Legs"

A name given to describe the disproportionate wasting of the lower legs, a pattern characteristic of hereditary motor and sensory neuropathies (Charcot-Marie-Tooth diseases), which may be evident even before the development of gait disorder with foot drop and steppage gait.

 

Cross References

Foot drop; Steppage, Stepping gait; Wasting