Conduction block in vasculitic neuropathy.
We describe a 28-year-old man who developed a mononeuropathy with a conduction block of the median nerve in the forearm, during the acute stage of a polyarteritis nodosa. Sequential studies show progressive disappearance of the conduction block (together with the clinical symptoms), without signs of axonotmesis.
Magistris
M R
MR
Division of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
Kohler
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Estade
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D000328:Adult; D001369:Axons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005385:Fingers / Q000294:innervation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000187:drug effects; D009443:Neuritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011241:Prednisone