J Korean Neurol Assoc.
1996 Dec;14(4):1018-1022.
A Case of Nonsystemic Vasculitic Neuropathy: Electrophysilogic and Pathologic Findings
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- 1Department of Neurology, National Medical Center.
- 2Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Ewha Woman's University.
Abstract
- In nonsystemic vasculitic neuropathy, clinically only nerves are affected : there are no or few constitutional symptoms or serological abnormalities. The clinical and pathological features are those of an ischemic neuropathy caused by a necrotizing vasculitis of small arterioles. This is a case report of nonsystemic vasculitic neuropathy in a 22-year-old male who has the distal symmetric poIyneuropathy as a symptom of localized vsaculitis. The sural nerve biopsy showed a few myelin digestion chamber suggesting axonal degeneration. The patient was treated with steroid daily with gradual clinical and electorophysiological improvement.
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