MULTIFOCAL PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY IN EOSINOPHILIC FASCIITIS

被引:16
作者
SATSANGI, J [1 ]
DONAGHY, M [1 ]
机构
[1] RADCLIFFE INFIRM,DEPT CLIN NEUROL,WOODSTOCK RD,OXFORD OX2 6HE,ENGLAND
关键词
EOSINOPHILIC FASCIITIS; MULTIFOCAL POLYNEUROPATHY;
D O I
10.1007/BF00862980
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
Polyneuropathy may complicate eosinophilia-associated connective tissue disease. We report a multifocal neuropathy in a patient with eosinophilic fasciitis proven by demonstrating an eosinophilic cellular infiltrate in a fascial biopsy specimen from the forearm. Sural nerve biopsy revealed lymphocytic cuffing of epineural arterioles. Although described in the L-tryptophan-related eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome, peripheral neuropathy with these features has not been previously noted in a patient with eosinophilic fasciitis who had not consumed L-tryptophan.
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