Abstract
Clinical involvement of the peripheral nervous system in panarteritis nodosa is common, but the histological aspects are little known. We describe the sural nerve, muscle and skin biopsy findings in a patient with panarteritis nodosa, affected by mononeuritis multiplex. The data are compared to those reported in other types of vasculitis neuropathy.
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È noto l'interessamento del sistema nervoso periferico nella panarterite nodosa; gli aspetti istologici però sono ancora poco conosciuti. Si descrivono gli aspetti bioptici a carico del nervo, muscolo e cute in un paziente affetto da mononeurite multipla da panarterite nodosa. I dati sono stati paragonati in altri tipi di neuropatie vasculitiche.
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Bussone, G., La Mantia, L., Frediani, F. et al. Vasculitic neuropathy in panarteritis nodosa: Clinical and ultrastructural findings. Ital J Neuro Sci 7, 265–269 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02230892
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