wartenberg's migratory sensory neuropathy wartenberg's migratory sensory neuropathy wartenberg's migratory sensory neuropathy (also known as wartenberg's migrant sensory neuritis) is a condition affecting the sensory cutaneous nerves of the limbs, characterised by sudden onset of severe pain upon the movement of a limb that stretches a particular nerve, for example, when turning a key. the condition comes and goes with sufferers experiencing long periods, potentially years, without complaint interrupted by one or more attacks in succession. it is considered benign. wartenberg's migratory sensory neuropathyspecialtyneurology