title: Vasculitic neuropathy associated with beta-haemolytic streptococcal infection: a case report.
abstract: Vasculitic neuropathy is rarely associated with a definable collagen vascular disease. Peripheral neuropathy may be the sole manifestation of vasculitis, and the aetiology is frequently unknown. We here report the case of a woman presenting mononeuritis multiplex, whose sural nerve biopsy was diagnostic of necrotizing vasculitis. There was serological evidence of preceding beta-haemolytic streptococcal infection. We assume that vasculitic neuropathy can be included among the possible sequelae of streptococcal infections.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Neurologia, Ospedale di Sanremo, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Traverso
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Banchi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maritato
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fazio
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes; D013497:Sural Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000209:etiology*