title: [Ischemic neuropathy with conduction blocks].
abstract: We present a patient with a clinical picture of multiple mononeuropathy in which muscle and sural nerve biopsy revealed the existence of vasculitis compatible with panarteritis nodosa. Along with classical axonal lesion signs, we observed multifocal conduction blocks (CB) in all the nerves explored electrophysiologically. Topographic evolution was atypical in that distal BC disappeared earlier, whereas proximal BC appeared later and in all cases persisted longer. Ischemia may play a pathogenic role in BC along with other more well-known factors such as compression and immunological processes. BC detection would probably be less exceptional if, when ischemic neuropathy is suspected, patients were subjected to early and follow-up electrophysiological exploration that included proximal nerve segments.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Neurofisiología Clínica, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Traba
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Esteban
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salinero
mesh_terms: D001369:Axons; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009410:Nerve Degeneration; D009431:Neural Conduction; D010543:Peroneal Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D013497:Sural Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Neuropatía isquémica con bloqueos de conducción.